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Ninety Things You Can Do in Fifteen Minutes

4/30/2015

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I'm a huge fan of the 15-Minute Rule:
You can do anything for 15 minutes!

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Several years ago, I wrote down 90 things I could get done in 15 minutes. 

No, not all 90 in 15 minutes! 

Ninety different things that would take me 15 minutes or less to accomplish. 

I was trying to get to 100, but I started bogging down, so I decided 90 was good enough. 

Here's my list . . . 
  1. Have a cup of coffee with my husband 
  2. Sweep and mop my kitchen floor
  3. Read a couple of chapters (or more) in the Bible
  4. Read a chapter in a book
  5. Mix up a cake or brownie recipe
  6. Make my bed and pick up the clutter in my bedroom
  7. Swish and swipe my bathroom
  8. Clean my bath tub
  9. Clean the shower surround on my bath tub
  10. Clean out the fridge
  11. Clean out the freezer
  12. Write a pantry or freezer inventory
  13. Make a menu
  14. Make a grocery list
  15. Dust all the furniture in my house with a Swiffer Duster
  16. Vacuum, sweep, or Swiffer my entire house – just the middles
  17. Declutter one cabinet
  18. Declutter a bookshelf, maybe more
  19. Clear my desk
  20. Declutter a file cabinet
  21. Start or reboot a load of laundry
  22. Fold and put away a load of laundry
  23. Iron three of my husband’s dress shirts
  24. Iron three of my blouses and/or skirts
  25. Water plants
  26. Write a blog post
  27. Write a card to someone and address it
  28. Make an appointment for the doctor, hairdresser, and/or dentist
  29. Clean the windows in a room
  30. Clean my guest bath
  31. Vacuum the living room furniture
  32. Take a bubble bath
  33. Manicure my nails
  34. Cut fabric for a quilt block
  35. Pluck my eyebrows
  36. Call or text one of my children
  37. Put my feet up!
  38. Clear out my e-mail inbox
  39. Clean the baseboards in a room
  40. Clean a light fixture
  41. Sweep the front porch or deck
  42. Sweep the carport
  43. Make a card to send to someone
  44. Pin a pattern to fabric to cut out
  45. Cut out a pattern
  46. Sew something small or a few seams of something bigger
  47. Chat with a friend
  48. Sew on a button
  49. Hem a skirt or pair of pants
  50. Cross stitch
  51. Have a healthy snack
  52. Grill a cheese sandwich
  53. Make a smoothie
  54. Cuddle with my husband
  55. Call a sibling
  56. Load or unload the dishwasher 
  57. Wash a sink of dishes
  58. Wipe down my kitchen counters
  59. Wipe my cabinet doors
  60. Wipe down my fridge and stove
  61. Wash the trash can
  62. Empty the trash from each room
  63. Organize our DVDs
  64. Organize photos
  65. Rub my husband's back
  66. Clean a set of mini blinds
  67. Take a walk
  68. Clear out my pen & pencil cup
  69. Clear out my mail holder
  70. Wash my face and brush my teeth
  71. Put a meal in the crockpot for dinner
  72. Wash and chop vegetables for supper
  73. Start a recipe of bread
  74. Wipe down the washer and dryer
  75. Organize craft supplies
  76. Reorganize my dresser drawers
  77. Declutter my night stands
  78. Wipe down canisters and small appliances
  79. Clean all the mirrors in the house
  80. File papers
  81. Clean out the car and wipe the dash
  82. Clean a ceiling fan or box fan
  83. Clean or change the heating and/or air-conditioning filter
  84. Clean the lampshades on all the lamps
  85. Clean one wall, maybe more
  86. Reorganize under the kitchen or bathroom sink
  87. Mop a bathroom floor
  88. Change the sheets on my bed
  89. Wipe window sills
  90. Call a friend to chat
Ok, so this was a bit extreme! I just wanted to challenge myself to see what can be done in small bits of time. Maybe you saw a thing or two you could do in 15 minutes! ;) 


What can you get done in 15 minutes?

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    I'm the wife of an independent Baptist pastor, mom of three adult children, Grammy to one little girl and another girl due in the spring of 2018. I love to read and sew. And laugh. A lot.

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