USING BITS OF TIME:

Most small chores can be accomplished in bits and pieces of time. For instance, while your waiting at the doctors office, you can pay bills; while riding the bus, write out your shopping list. The following lists may give you some ideas of what you can do in odd chunks of time.

What can you do in 5 minutes:

Make an appointment
File your nails
Water houseplants
Make out a party guest list
Order tickets for a concert or a ball game
Sew back a button

What can you do in 10 minutes:

Write a short letter or note
Pick out a birthday card
Repot a plant
Hand-wash some clothes
Straighten your desktop
Exercise

What can you do in 30 minutes:

Go through backed up magazines and newspapers
Work on a craft project
Polish silver and brass
Vacuum three or four rooms
Weed a flower bed.