Sometimes we spend our time doing unnecessary activities during the day and at the end ask ourselves: “Where did time go, I haven’t done what I was supposed to do today.” There are common time wasters we might be guilty of practicing.
17 Things you do that are wasting your precious time
1. Worrying: it doesn’t solve the problem nor can it predict the future.
2. Procrastinating: wasting time thinking about doing it while you are too lazy to do it.
3. Being disorganized: wasting time trying to find something you have no idea where it could be is such a time waster.
4. Not planning in advance: starting your day having no idea of what need to be done and the day after regret your decision of wasting an entire day doing nothing.
5. Not shutting down distractions: when every distraction can make you forget about what you are supposed to do for that day.
6. Doing other people jobs: not delegating is a waste of time
7. Saying yes to everything
8. Over committing yourself
9. Complaining: whining all the time doesn’t help
10. Gossiping
11. Watching TV more than you should: no one has ever accomplish their goals sitting on their couch watching TV all day long
12. Driving when there is traffic
13. Not making decision
14. Random google search that lead no where
15. Hanging out with the wrong squad: hanging out with people who don’t add value to your life, with whom you have to be someone else to fit in doesn’t do you any good
16. Not taking care of yourself: if you are not at your best, you can’t give your best to what you do. If you neglect taking care of your physical and mental health when you can, one day you will be force to do that
17. Going to unnecessary meetings: waste of time, some meetings can fit in an email
18. Solving the same problem again and again: find a permanent solution for that problem, solve it once and for all. Having that short cut solution is a waste of time as the problem will keep on coming back.
What other time wasters do you know and should be added to the list?
Till next Sunday
Be Yourself
I love this! I absolutely agree with you and I myself am guilty of doing some of these things 🙆🏽♀️
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You’re not alone I am also guilty of wasting my own time sometimes😬.
Thanks for reading Mbalenhle💕
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All very true points. We need less waste in our lives so we can be more productive and enjoy life more.
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Yes that’s true, we need to identify those time wasters in our lives and work towards being more productive with our time.
Thanks for reading Joanna 💕
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Very true 😊
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Thanks for reading Isha💕
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My pleasure 💓💓
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So very true!
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Thanks for reading Phoebe 💕
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It’s great. Especially for notification of the cellphone. Just turn it off. Thanks.
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Yes it’s really simple just turn it off and put away the phone.
Thanks for reading
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This is very important 💯
We rarely realise these time wasting activities
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Yes exactly we rarely notice them. Thanks for reading 🙂
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LOVED this list – you nailed it! We all do so much of this;this kind of awareness is great! ANd this is a great time for change.
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That’s true we are all guilty in one way or another of wasting our own time.
Thanks for reading Lisa🙂
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I’m bad about several of these things! Social media can be really distracting and I want to check my notifications every time I hear that ding! I am training myself to let those things go so I don’t distract myself from important writing projects.
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Yes it all starts with small steps. Try to turn off notifications and put your phone away when you’re busy doing your writing projects. It migt help. Thanks for reading 🙂
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A lot of truth here, but some habits are hard to break.
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That’s true some habits require more work to get rid of.
Thanks for reading Sarah 🙂
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This is a great list of things that everyone occasionally does that results in time wasted. I completely agree with you that complaining simply doesn’t help solve anything.
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Yes complaining doesn’t bring any solutions. We have to stand up amd make a plan.
Thanks for reading Sherry🙂
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Simple, yet concise. Hanging out with people with whom you can’t be yourself is certainly the one I stress the most as the key thing to avoid. It gets you nowhere and achieves nothing
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Absolutely true hanging out with the wrong people is such a waste of time and one can end up frustrated and stressed about his or her own self. It is important to be surrounded by the right people.
Thanks for reading Bryan 🙂
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I’m loving this ! Nice to know this blog!
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Thanks for reading 🙂
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