Do you prefer to chunk work or spread it out?

What I've discovered about my own habits

Are you the tortoise or the hare? A procrastinator or a planner? A chunker or a spreader-outer?

Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness and habit formation, has observed that often doing something every day is easier than doing something once in a while. Moreover, what you do every day matters more than what you do occasionally. For instance, running a mile every day matters more for your health than running five miles once a month.

I love trying to build new habits and make my workflow more efficient. I have a habit tracker that I attach to my planner, and I am someone who naturally gravitates towards forming routines. I find it less challenging to be consistent than to motivate myself to outlay big, concentrated burst of energy. This applies to so many instances for me:

• Cleaning: I would much rather squeeze 15-30 minutes of housekeeping into each day than set aside an entire Saturday to clean the house.

• Laundry: I am firmly in the 1-2 loads per day camp. The idea of an entire da…