Often, we feel like we just don’t have time to do all the things that need to be done in our homes, but I’m here to encourage you to use those 10 minutes of downtime you have throughout the day to complete any of these 37 quick tasks. You’ll be glad you spent those extra minutes productively!

If you’re anything like me, you find yourself with 10 minutes here and there. There’s not enough time to start a whole project or cook a meal. You could sit down and watch 10 minutes of your current Netflix binge or read a book. Neither of those is a terrible idea, but more often than not, there are little tasks around our homes that can be completed in those same 10 minutes.

Instead of spending those 10 minutes in a way that you’ll likely regret later, why not do something relatively productive? Surprisingly, many chores we hate to do can be completed, to some degree, in 10 minutes or less!

You’re dying for me to tell you what you can accomplish in 10 minutes, aren’t you?

Before I give you the list, I need you to become comfortable with this mantra: Done is better than perfect! Repeat it a few times. Write it on a piece of paper.

10 minutes isn’t enough time to make your bathroom sparkle or reorganize your garage! Let’s be real! However, 10 minutes is plenty of time to get some key tasks around your house DONE!

37 Quick Tasks You Can Complete in 10 Minutes or Less

1. Unload the dishwasher
2. Load the dishwasher
3. Wipe down countertops
4. Remove old leftovers from the refrigerator
5. Wipe down the front of the dishwasher and refrigerator
6. Sweep the kitchen floor
7. Wipe off the dining table
8. Reply to one email
9. Delete email from Inbox
10. Delete 50 pictures from phone’s camera roll
11. Pay a bill
12. Wash a load of laundry
13. Fold a load of laundry
14. Put a load of laundry away
15. Declutter any surface
16. Make your bed
17. Clean out the console in the car
18. Clean the bathroom mirror
19. Clean a toilet
20. Wipe down the bathroom sink
21. Pick up toys from the living room floor
22. Dust the surfaces of one room
23. Water the plants
24. Vacuum one room
25. Refill soap dispensers
26. Empty trash cans
27. Tidy up bedroom
28. Tidy up the front porch
29. Tidy up the back porch
30. Tidy up the living room
31. Tidy up home office
32. Sweep the stairs
33. Clean glass on front doors
34. Clean glass on back doors
35. Clean out under the couch
36. Change a light bulb
37. Throw away junk mail

I often do some of these tasks in the mornings between the time I drop my daughter off at school and when I need to leave to get to a client’s house. I’ll do a couple more in the afternoons between the time I’m home from a client and need to leave to pick her up from school. I’ll do just about anything to keep from sitting in my car, in the carline for longer than necessary. Thankfully, we only live about 5 minutes from the school!

I hope you’ll consult this list any time you feel like you have time to kill, but not enough time to do anything significant!

What tasks would you add to this list? There could be another list of 37 soon!

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