This is Steva Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today we're here with Amanda Thomas for the second part of our episode about clearing clutter and regaining control over your space.

Amanda is the domestic CEO and if you haven't subscribed to her show, you should subscribe to it immediately.

Welcome, Amanda. Well, to start off, how do you recommend people start the decluttering process?

You know, if you're going to start the decluttering process, I do something called speed dating

your tasks. And with speed dating your tasks, you set a timer for 10 minutes, and then you do something for 10 minutes, and you stop, and you go on to the next task, and you speed date three or four tasks at a time.

So one cycle will take you half an hour to 45 minutes. With decluttering, I would set my timer for 10 minutes, and I would do it probably four areas at once or four kinds of things at once. So I would say, okay, I am going to,

I'm going to gather up all of the loose books because I have loose books everywhere because I read

tons and tons of books. And I'm going to do that for 10 minutes. So 10 minutes is just going to be

consolidate book world. Then the next 10 minutes is going to be consolidate file folders, because I have

a lot of file folders that just kind of pieces. And then the next one is going to be consolidate file folders, because I have a lot of file folders that just kind of get places.

And then the next one is going to be get all that loose change and make sure it's all in the change bucket.

And then the last one is going to be go around and pick up all of those paper clips and put them in the Ziplockbat, something like that. out by the type of thing, or I might sort it up by the room, 10 minutes on each room,

or I might alternate clearing clutter with something else that maybe I think I'll enjoy more,

like playing a video game because I'm a guy.

Or, sorry, I didn't, did I say playing a video game?

What I meant was reading, reading, reading good, deep business theory books so that I can

be that much better a consultant.

I didn't actually say, oh, sorry.

But then what I would do is I would spend 10 minutes cleaning my clutter, 10 minutes

reading business books, quote, unquote, 10 more minutes clearing clutter, 10 more minutes reading

business books. And the thing about speed dating your tasks is you do it for 10 minutes, but then

...