Comments on: Tranquility by Tuesday Challenge, Rule #9: Effortful before effortless https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/tranquility-by-tuesday-challenge-rule-9-effortful-before-effortless/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 16 May 2023 17:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/tranquility-by-tuesday-challenge-rule-9-effortful-before-effortless/#comment-442730 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:28:33 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19054#comment-442730 In reply to Cynthia.

@Cynthia – let us know if you try it, and if you manage to do any of those things. Sometimes keeping the time goal very short is key. It’s like, well, it’s only 5 minutes…

]]> By: Maggie https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/tranquility-by-tuesday-challenge-rule-9-effortful-before-effortless/#comment-442714 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:28:33 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19054#comment-442714 In reply to Cynthia.

Yes, that is a good point I’ve thought about too. Like placing photos for a photo album I wanna make somewhere a little more prominently…

]]> By: Cynthia https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/tranquility-by-tuesday-challenge-rule-9-effortful-before-effortless/#comment-442692 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:46:21 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19054#comment-442692 In reply to Laura Vanderkam.

and maybe @maggie could experiment with just leaving out one or two things associated with the activity as a visual trigger that looks nice and doesn’t create clutter.

]]> By: Cynthia https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/tranquility-by-tuesday-challenge-rule-9-effortful-before-effortless/#comment-442691 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:44:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19054#comment-442691 This is another great rule. I really suffer from post-dinner fatigue. My default is to read – for me this is effortless fun. My more effortful fun things are playing the piano, going for a walk, doing some drawing, working on a creative project (e.g. journaling, photo album, textile project, etc.) and I NEVER feel enthusiastic about these after dinner. So I really like the idea of doing them for just a short time, because I’m sure I will get a bit of momentum to keep going longer. A 10-15 minute segment will work better for some activities (piano, drawing, journaling) than others (hard to get much done in 10 minutes with an online photo album), but I’m keen to give it a go and see what happens.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/tranquility-by-tuesday-challenge-rule-9-effortful-before-effortless/#comment-442665 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:13:10 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19054#comment-442665 In reply to Maggie.

@Maggie – I wonder if there’s a way to make your effortful fun of choice look more purposeful and part of the decor. Like someone might create an actual music spot in a home office, or an official “puzzle corner” or anything along those lines. A reading nook, a craft nook…

]]> By: Maggie https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/tranquility-by-tuesday-challenge-rule-9-effortful-before-effortless/#comment-442657 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:37:34 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19054#comment-442657 “I’ve set up my dining room table to be a puzzle station and generally have a 1000-piece puzzle going at any point. Figure out how you can make your fun accessible”
I realize this is important and yet I struggle with it. I don’t have that much space and I don’t want my home to look cluttered. But if these things aren’t out in the open, I literally forget it’s what I want to do.

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