The Importance Of Waste Time

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“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time “articulated Bertrand Russell. If I could actually meet Mr. Bertrand Russell, I would look him in the eyes and ask him "why did you lie to me?” in a frantic voice. I will only be asking him this because as I reflect and review my Time Log, I am in disbelief on how much time I waste. Although I enjoyed shopping, texting and scrolling down my social news feed, enjoying this time now will not allow me to enjoy life in the future. I learned that I should eliminate an ample amount of extra activities from my day to ensure maximum productivity, my biggest time wasters are shopping excessively, scrolling down my timeline, and I’ve noticed that I need to perform activities that reflect my goals. …show more content…

It’s been studied that an average person usually checks their phone about 110 times a day (Woollaston). Finding out this information, I would consider myself a heavy user so I probably check my phone more than 110 times a day and with this information, I can see how I waste time by social media browsing from my phone. In addition to this information, researchers found that if they break it down in a perspective of time, the average user checks their phone every six seconds. I waste a lot of time performing such a simple activity and this does not help me become a better student. “Netflixing”, or Netflix and Chill is a term that means an individual will spend a majority of their time watching Netflix and relaxing. I probably find a very interesting film on Netflix just about everyday and I could literally spend all day watching those films. The movies average about 2 hours in length, and if I watch about 4 movies that’s already a quarter of my day gone. Another big time waster for me as a student and worker is sleeping excessively. I feel as if I have too much to do and when I feel overwhelmed, I would take a nap instead of conquering the task at hand. While doing my social media browsing I came across a picture with a caption that stated, “I’ve got a dream that’s worth more than my sleep”. I really admired that quote because it shows the value and importance of …show more content…

Completing my time log actually allowed me to learn that the time habits that I have developed do not coincide to the dreams that I have. Once I realized this about myself, I decided to make a change. The change I plan on making starts with steps to ensure that I am taking the initiative in relationship to the task I take part in. I work best with calendars, dates and times; so I grab a blank piece of paper and write down the date along with a “To-Do List”. This change allows me to solely focus on the important activities throughout my day as wells including instructions to assist in completion. I need to start exercising more, reading more articles, and also taking control of my life. All in all, I have identified ways to become an individual that utilizes their time and I know I can implement change by taking small

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