Power through your To-Do list with a dice!
Some years ago, Lori (one of the regulars on a Flylady system based Facebook page) invented a collaborative game she called “Flylady Bingo” as a motivating way to get through her to-do list, completing 6 x 15 minute tasks in two hours.
The facebook group has now closed, but fortunately you can use a variation on this technique and go it alone with a dice (or dice app), a glint in your eye and a determination to get things done.
This is an excellent way to attacking tasks that are one-offs, or that perhaps got missed in their regularly scheduled programming and kind of need looking at now, before they are next “due,” (or at least before anyone asks to use your bathroom!)
You can use a To Do list in HomeRoutines to make a list of six. I also put in a task for my tea-break, and one for when I’ve finished. For this one I’ve put the “¡We did it!” song from Dora the Explorer, because I am both a parent of preschoolers, and susceptible to ear-worms.
2025 Update!
You can now enjoy using the One Thing view of Home Routines to go through tasks one at a time! One of my favourite features of Home Routines Premium is the Shuffle button in there that lets the app decide what is next!
How to play the dice game
- Make yourself a numbered list of six tasks, plus extra tasks for your tea break and your “Bingo” moment.
- Roll your dice.
- Set your timer for 15 minutes, and complete the task that is assigned to that number on your list.
- Roll your dice again for a new task. If you get a number you’ve already rolled, roll it again until you get a new one.
- After 3 tasks, take a 15 minute break.
- Do 3 more tasks as dictated by the Dice Who Knows All.
- When you’re done you have a margarita yell BINGO! and feel suitably proud of yourself.
*I downloaded a few, and my favourite was this one, simply called Dice. I just wanted to say, goodness gracious me. There are certainly some interesting dice apps in the app store.
Related ideas:
See also Five by Fives from The Secret Slob