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The "scary hour", this clever method to overcome chores and boost productivity

2023-06-08T15:01:36.479Z

Highlights: The "scary hour" is an idea popularized on the social network Tik Tok. A young woman proposes to devote an hour a day to agonizing tasks. By creating a small dedicated time slot, the effort seems less since it has a defined duration in time. An alarm can also be programmed, so as not to have to monitor the time. "The scary hour is the only reason my relatives think I'm a worthy adult," joked the young woman, for whom the approach has proved fruitful.


This idea, popularized on the social network Tik Tok, seems unstoppable to organize daily and perform the most anxiety-provoking tasks.


Endless to-do lists, time-consuming procedures, obligations of all kinds... Daily life can very quickly become a real race against time, in the light of all these tasks to be accomplished. Especially in a society where the burden of mental load rests most of the time on the shoulders of women - 80% of French women cook and take care of household chores every day, compared to only 34% of men, according to Eurostat. An unequal distribution that accentuates a feeling of urgency, causing anguish... and procrastination. To somehow accomplish these tasks (while waiting to obtain a fair balance in their accomplishment), and to compensate for the lack of time - because these are obviously added to professional constraints - a new method relayed on social networks seems to be proving its worth: the "scary hour".

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On his Tik Tok account, a user - @classiclaur - presents the concept of this "hour that is scary". In her video, which has been viewed nearly a million times, the young woman proposes to devote an hour a day to agonizing tasks - those that are constantly postponed until they are accomplished in disaster, at the last moment.

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original sound - Laur

She explains that she applied this method to her daily life to fight against the anxiety that overwhelmed her when confronting her work. The keyword: sequence. By creating a small dedicated time slot, the effort seems less since it has a defined duration in time - 60 minutes, and not one more. An alarm can also be programmed, so as not to have to monitor the time. "The scary hour is the only reason my relatives think I'm a worthy adult," joked the young woman, for whom the approach has proved fruitful - as radical as it is. For better organized, less messy and bonus days: the satisfaction of controlling your time.

Source: lefigaro

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