In our life there are boring things and not always eyes burn with enthusiasm to take on them. Especially if it is an obligatory matter and it must be done at all costs. And it happens that there are many such cases. They constantly require your attention and strength, and also accumulate. In such a case, it is good to have something that will not only facilitate the accomplishment of this task, but also make it joyful and useful.
If this task is important to you, and you want to get the most out of the article, then arm yourself with a notebook (diary) and a pen.
At one time, I came up with a formula for myself that I use to do Boring things:
boring business — something that must be done, even if you do not want to.
result effect — the result of the work, and how it will affect your life in terms of your future: development (from willpower to skill polishing), projects, salary, comfort, improvement of family relationships, etc.
My development — what you get in addition and as a bonus, in addition to the result.
Pleasure — something that will make life brighter even if you are doing the most boring thing in the world.
Let’s analyze the formula in more detail. Instructions will be offered for each item, having worked out which and including it in life, you will get useful habits and ways to solve things in the best way.
Let’s start with the most important:
And now for the details.
boring business
Each of us can give several examples of boring or routine activities. So let’s get right into the practice.
Write a list of necessary boring things that you want to make interesting and useful.
At the beginning of the application of the formula, take one thing and try to apply the formula to it, when it works, feel free to take on the rest.
result effect
Our time is priceless. By doing something at a particular moment, we give up other options for using this time.
Even if this choice is unconscious, we still make it. Pull up several times on the horizontal bar instead of watching a five-minute video on youtube. Computer game instead of healthy sleep. Communication during lunch with loved ones instead of “sticking” on the phone. What do you choose to do?
Ask yourself: Why are you doing this or that? Why do you study boring grammar in English, fill out reports at work, go to the country? How does it move you towards the life you want and the goals you want? List 5-10 points of what doing this task gives you.
What to do if answers to questions don’t seem to move you forward? Use the Questionnaire. Answer in writing.
1. Do I really need to do this? What does it give me? What happens if I don’t do this? What will happen if I do?
Let’s take a look at home cooking. I don’t want to spend a lot of time cooking. And it really needs to be done so that the whole family eats homemade, healthy, delicious food. This gives me good relationships with my loved ones, health for them and me, pumps over my cooking and creativity skills. Plus, my husband loves it when I cook for him and wait for him to have dinner ready. If I don’t cook, then the family will eat harmful convenience foods and cereals, instant noodles or in a cafe. What can hit both health and family budget. If I do this, I will be able to gather the whole family at lunch / dinner, we will see each other and communicate more.
2. Can I delegate this matter to someone?
There are options to delegate to a personal chef in the future. Now there is no such possibility. But I can delegate part of the cooking to my husband. I will discuss this issue with him.
3. If I can’t delegate, can I somehow simplify/optimize things?
Yes, I can simplify cooking with the help of home appliances: a blender, a microwave with a grill, a slow cooker, a list of quick meals that do not require a long standing at the stove to help me.
My development
What can be developed by putting things in order at home? You can wash the floors while squatting or squatting at the same time — it shakes your legs and makes you more resilient, or you can sing songs while training your voice. While you are standing in line, you can remember the English words you learned in the morning or repeat the dialogue. When doing something about your studies, look for something that will give you development and advancement of yourself. Even if it’s just typing with ten fingers for an abstract.
Pick at least 5-10 skills that you can develop in parallel to your boring tasks.
Thus, you will not only develop yourself, but also increase your time by combining business with pleasure.
Pleasure
You can expect holidays, happy events, gifts and surprises from life and from your friends and loved ones, or you can create this joy yourself. Routine and boring things are no exception.
Take the thing that you are bored and do not want to do. Solve the problem: write down 3-5 points-elements from which you will get real pleasure. Let it not be the whole thing, but some element that will give you the joy you need!
For example, you enrolled in an English course. The effect of novelty has passed and now you need to work every day so that your English is at the level you need. You have to deal with boring grammar … What is the pleasure here? If you dig around, you can quite find it. Brew yourself delicious tea or coffee, take a comfortable and beautiful pen. And grab a notebook. Rewrite the right words or rules carefully, enjoying it. Speak words or rules the way you want to (remember how you played with sounds and words as a child) and strengthen your work with the anticipation of how you will start speaking, writing and reading books in English easily and beautifully!
I will tell you how I used this formula for the task of filling out reports in 1C. At work, I had to do reporting, which was removed to the table and not checked by anyone. But in the standards of the company, it was and there was a possibility of verification. Therefore, every month I spent about 3 hours of working time to make a report. It was a rather tedious task and, as it seemed to me, a useless task that I put off until the last moment. Until I used the formula. Firstly, I remembered the pluses: I have order in the documents and, in which case, I can raise any application and the necessary information on it. This characterizes me as a responsible specialist and in the future may affect, for example, my reputation as a good employee, which in the future may give an increase in salary. I optimized reporting by creating a document with typical phrases, which I copied if necessary and did preliminary actions with documents after processing the application. Then, in a simple and tedious action, I found pluses. I perfected the blind typing of numbers over the letters (before that I always used only the numeric keypad), I also improved the blind typing of letters in parallel. Trained in memorizing the names and surnames of clients in organizations. Given the fact that there were many of them, and it was desirable for me to remember them. I, without specifically devoting time and effort, did it, simply paying more attention to application cards. My pleasure was the light hovering of my fingers on the keyboard and background music in the headphones, I enjoyed typing on the keyboard, the fact that I work quickly and efficiently. As a result, I reduced the reporting time to two hours and did it without any internal resistance.
So, now you know, and if you did all the mini-exercises, then you can easily turn boring things into joyful and useful ones. Deal with all the things that make you bored and unwilling to do something. Gradually notice that in your life all things are joyful, useful and necessary!