Ten minutes is enough to fix one thing.

Pick one job. Set the timer. Stop when it rings. Nearly everything I teach fits inside a single sitting, and the jobs further down this page show you where to start.

  • Nothing to install
  • No account and no email address
  • Runs right here in your browser
Your next ten minutes

10:00

Set a length, choose a chime, and then start.

Here is the whole trick

One job, one clock, and a note for next time.

1

Pick one job

One account, one folder, or one setting. Choose something small enough to finish before the timer rings.

2

Set the clock

Ten minutes is a good start. Press Start, and work on that one thing.

3

Stop when it rings

Write down where you got to, so the next sitting starts in the right place.

Pick one, any one

Nine jobs that fit in one sitting.

Each one has a piece that walks you through it, start to finish. Set the clock for the minutes shown and stop when it rings, finished or not.

20 minutes

Rename twenty-five files you can never find

A naming formula you work out once and then stop thinking about.

Read how: Rename twenty-five files you can never find
20 minutes

Reset your desktop without making another junk folder

Delete, file, done. Only the ones you can see.

Read how: Reset your desktop without making another junk folder
20 minutes

Give your browser a reset

Open tabs, bookmarks, saved links, downloads, and profiles.

Read how: Give your browser a reset
20 minutes

Find the subscriptions you forgot you pay for

Six places to look. No app, no bank connection, no password.

Read how: Find the subscriptions you forgot you pay for
20 minutes

Start the family emergency file

The records someone would need to find in a hurry without you.

Read how: Start the family emergency file
15 minutes

Give one important file a single home

One copy that counts, with shortcuts and links pointing at it.

Read how: Give one important file a single home
15 minutes

Restore one file from your backup

A backup you have never restored is only a promise.

Read how: Restore one file from your backup
10 minutes

Set an inactivity plan on your Google account

Gmail, Photos, and Drive, told what to do if you stop signing in.

Read how: Set an inactivity plan on your Google account
10 minutes

Name an Apple Legacy Contact, and learn its limits

What it reaches, what it does not, and what still needs doing.

Read how: Name an Apple Legacy Contact, and learn its limits
Fair questions

Before you press Start.

Is it really free?

Yes. There is nothing to install, no account to make, and no email address to give.

Do I need to download anything?

No. The timer runs right here in your web browser, on your computer, tablet, or phone.

Can I change the sound?

Yes. Pick a bell, a singing bowl, a soft gong, and more under Chime. You hear each one when you choose it, so the end of a sitting never startles you.

What if the job takes more than one sitting?

Write down where you stopped, and start there next time. A big job is just a few small ones in a row.

The book behind the timer

Read the first chapters of Accounted For, free.

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