Dear Humans,

My New Year’s resolution is to stop procrastinating. To do that I have a simple rule: if something takes less than 5 minutes to do, I do it immediately.

And it turns out that almost everything in this world can be done in less than 5 minutes. Take out the trash? Done. Unload the dishwasher? Finished. Grade these math assignments? Presto!

And once you have the 5 minute tasks finished, time opens up for those tasks that take more than 5 minutes. Like helping my daughter with her 7th grade math homework. Like grading those writing assignments. Or like getting lost in a good book.

Everyone has the same amount of time. What matters is how we use it.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt