'If I can do it in a minute or less, do it now' seems like a vague goal (as was pointed out to me by multiple people as well) but it sounded like it might help with some of the clutter in my life. After keeping up with it for a month, I probably could have easily called it 'keep my room clean' and it would have had most of the same end result. My desk especially has a habit of being rather cluttered and it stems from coming home, tossing whatever mail or stuff I was carrying onto it, and then leaving it there indefinitely.
Anyway, yeah, it was the little picking up of things: Taking an empty glass down to the dishwasher when I was done with it instead of the next day. Opening my mail and dealing with it right then. Making my bed when I got up in the morning. Really the only room thing not covered by this was the sorting and folding of laundry, but even then, with the rest of my room being so much more tidy, I was a lot more motivated to deal with the laundry then instead of putting it off.
Professionally the biggest change was replying to emails as I received and read them instead of leaving a bunch to respond to all at the end of the day. No one's commented on it, but it makes me feel more productive, so that's something I'd reckon.
I'm also 1/4 of the way done with this year's experiment and it's interesting to see what's stuck with me. I've been pretty horrible at running recently (as in barely any in March) but with a couple longer races coming up in the next few months I need to get my butt back into it otherwise it'll be pretty embarrassing. The soda's stuck much better overall though; I drink it a bit now, but it's definitely not an every day thing and even if I get a 20oz bottle, I'm more likely than not to drink half, save the rest, and finish it the next day. I'm definitely going to try and have the One Minute Project fall into the latter, where I actually keep up with it, as I've grown fond of having a clean room.
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