Batches of brownies or batches of cookies? well, I hate to break it to ya but I'm referring to batches of work lol...but we will get back to the cookies and brownies in a minute.  I know, go ahead and furrow your brow at the sneaky way I pulled you in, but my goal was to get you to start reading, because I want to explain how batching your work can be one of the most efficient uses of your time.

You see, when you batch your work your focus is on doing that one thing...you get tunnel vision and tend to complete the job faster than if you were doing multiple things at one time.  This is one of the techniques we use when we help our Clients declutter their lives and spaces.  Take for example, when you are trying to declutter your closet.  Most clients find it easier to focus on their shirts or shoes vs focusing on their shirts, shoes, pants, belts, ties, etc., all at the same time. The reason is because dealing with all those things at one time is overwhelming and in many cases causes the person to quit and never return.  By batching the work, you have a focus...you can see a beginning and an end...and if it is a big job, you can set realistic goals.  If I have 10 boxes of random paperwork to go through, the best way to handle it is to batch the work and sort through all the paper first placing them into like piles.  The next step would be to tackle each pile as individual batches (shredding, filing, scanning, etc.).  You will find you have strategically and systematically broken that big job down in less time than it would take you to do all 10 boxes at one time.  Yes, you may have to touch the pieces of paper multiple times, but you are being much more efficient. By batching it also allows you to work in dedicated windows of time.  If you only have 15 - 30 minutes to work you can continue sorting your boxes until that job is done and you also know you are making progress as you empty each box.  You can batch just about any job you have - phone calls, emails, cleaning, packing, etc.  One of the other areas I love to batch is cooking...see I told you we would get back to the brownies and cookies!

Batch cooking (freezer cooking) is one area we are working on re-applying in our home, because the few times we have instituted it, it worked beautifully.  There are a number of websites out there that are dedicated to batch cooking so make sure to look them up, you can even batch cook cookies and brownies .  The idea is pretty ingenious and the few times we have focused on doing this for the week/month it has made a huge difference in not only the amount of time required to produce a meal, but financially too.

Tell us, what have you batched lately and did you find it made a difference in your overall efficiency?  Tell us by commenting below or by telling us in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/THBNoMoreDebt/" target="_blank">facebook group</a>.