Bite-Sized Invite: Invest 15 (and only 15) Minutes on a Bigger Mess

A few years ago, a depressed Imgur friend told me they'd like a gentle nudge for cooking and cleaning every now and then. So I'm obliging any Imgurian who wants that little nudge. 

Today's invite is pants-optional and one level of challenge.

L1: Only spend 15 minutes on a bigger project.

For example.

This mess. Ugh. It's in my bedroom. I am sorting shirts and there are dozens of shirts to be rehung, and on top of that last week I picked up 7 months of ignored drycleaning. Everything on a wire hanger needs a real hanger and I just dread starting.

So I don't.

I set the timer on my phone. 15 minutes and quit.

The interior closet. It's pretty sweet.

Task one: get control of the wire hanger population and herd them into this nifty container. I stepped on one the other night in the dark. Not cool. Took less time than I thought to organize.

Most of the short sleevers had been sorted and I just hadn't returned them. Again. Less time than expected.

While removing shirts from wire hangers and hanging them in the closet, I felt enough at ease (time pressure) to color coordinate, which I prefer. I kept thinking 'any minute the time will go off' but it didn't. I worked efficiently but did not hurry.

I was holding the very last shirt in my hand when the timer went off.

Holy cow. This only took 15 minutes! I've been avoiding this because I didn't want to "get into it." I feel so much better looking at this now. I feel relief.

If you can't, then don't. If you can, find your deeper mess and spend no more then 15 minutes. Maybe it won't be as big a chore as you think. Again, if I invited you to the movies, you'd say no for whatever valid reasons. Same here. Say no if you need to.

I know I'm posting late at night but consider this a 48-hour shelflife invitation. Or longer.