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Prioritize

Feeling a sense of accomplishment is a great way to de-stress, but sometimes, there is so much to do that it's tough to know where to start. Should the mountain of laundry come before the sink and counter full of dishes, or do floors take precedence? Of course, there's no way of avoiding the grimy washroom, but who cares if the layer of mold has come back around the bathtub? The inspector said it's not dangerous, and since most of the other units have it in the basements too, why invest the time and energy to scrub it again?

The reality is that nobody is going to notice, anyway. Instead of stressing over stuff that doesn't matter, focus on what's really important: something, something something..... blah blah blah, and yadda yadda. After all, a half-done job means you can give yourself half-credit, feel half-accomplished and invest half a day passed out at work.

Uma Gosh, TMW Writer