Work (small)

Work, as seen by the sharp eyes of children, is a game adults play for money. Because all games have rules, to make your work into a game, you have to follow some rules.

1. The first rule of games is not to aim too high if you want to enjoy the game.
2. The second rule is not to take the game too seriously. It’s not about winning or losing, but rather about how you play the game. So if you want to have a good game, you have to play it right and well.

The more quality you aim for, the greater quantity of time and effort you need to reach it. If 80% is too low for you, you can reach for 90% at twice the cost, effort, time, and stress.

An additional danger is being perceived as better than you really are and being expected to maintain your high level.



Because we live in a very superficial world where appearance is valued more than substance, you can take advantage of this. If you cover cracked or stained floors or walls with pictures, plants or stones, you save yourself time and money from repairing them.



Because the beginning and the end of things are more important than their middle, you can take advantage of this. You don't have to cook a fancy meal to impress. A few fancy appetizers and wine at the start and a rich creamy dessert at the end is all it takes, saving you time and money.

Practical tips to save time and energy:

Use the carpet as temporary places to sweep things under. Works with indoor as well as outdoor carpets. Instead of chasing leaves in the wind, just sweep them under the doormat. They will get pressed into doormats themselves that can be at a later time easily rolled up and discarded as compost behind the closest bush.

Don't clean the the whole thing just because it has a spot of dirt on it. Just clean the spot. This is useful not only for bulky things like carpets and coats, but also for floors and shirts. Sometimes when the spot remains, use your imagination to highlight it.
Develop a chronological universal filing system, not only for your office papers, but for your clothes as well. This way the newest things you receive will be always on the top and the oldest things always on the bottom making things easy to find quickly.
Don't do things now when you can do them in the last moment. If you do them now, it will take longer than if you do them the last minute. And if you do them now, you will probably re do them in the last minute anyways, so save yourself the trouble.
Don't make things complicated when you can make them simple.

Adjust your speed according to the quality to quantity ratio you aim for. And don't aim too high. 

Below is an example of how you could make your work more enjoyable and more like a game if you happened to be a janitor.

Call yourself a “certified manager of halls, stairs, parking lot and the garden”, and do not play the role of policeman.
Do not socialize with the tenants but do take the opportunity to help the tenants carry thing up the stairs whenever you see them struggling. This act of kindness reaps great rewards.
Your presence is more important than shiny stairs. so whenever you are near by, drop by just to be seen.
Concentrate on cleaning the few places most used. Wipe clean the front door and the mailboxes so that tenants notice you have been around.

Never let the stairs get shiny clean. Allow them every once in a while to get a bit dirty, like stairs normally get so that the tenants notice when you have cleaned them. 

Mop the stairs every week with the biggest flat mop you can buy, and use the hottest water you have. Do this when there is no one around so that you can let the air dry the floor.
Never use soap and have ready statistics on the dangers of slippery stairs.

Allow tenants to leave their shoes outside the hall by their door. You have less floor to clean.
Never ask the residents if everything is OK. This show of interest reaps great problems for you. 

Tips on efficient outside work:

It is easier to keep grass short and cut it more often than to let it grow and cut it when it is high. When you cut every week, then you do not have to worry about collecting and disposing the grass cuttings behind bushes. Hand operated lawn mower and clippers are the best as you do not have to worry about re- pairs, batteries, cables, or fuel.

Ask the tenants to let the weeds grow saying that someone wants to use them as a herbal tea for a debilitating disease they suffer from.
Shovel snow or rake leaves to the side making piles for children to play in and on.

The brain is only 2% of the weight of a body but uses 20% of the energy, about 20 Watts worth. A great deal of that is for thinking.

60 minutes of heavy thinking burns about 100 calories. This is about the same as 15 minutes of moving furniture or 30 minutes of washing dishes.

The less time you work, the more time you have for your most important gift and your greatest talent; thinking.

Some people may call me lazy. I call myself efficient.

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