Some tasks are big enough that it takes a few hours or more to get them done. Cleaning the house, going through the stuff in the basement or garage, reorganizing your desk or office. The big time commitment sometimes keeps us from starting.

Maybe you’ll get to it on Unicornday. (What’s that?) It’s that mythical day when you can catch up on whatever you want. I can’t remember the last time we had one of those.

Here in reality, you might be better off doing a little bit at a time. If you carve out 20 minutes at a time, you can get a lot done over the course of a week or two. Chipping away can make big jobs achievable and steady progress feels good.

If you don’t have time to do 20 minutes here and there, when will you have time to spend a day on it?