Are you retired and wasting your time?
Writing About Time
It seems there are so many ways to waste time these days. Here are a few…
1) Talking with friends when you have a long “To Do” list.
2) Checking and reading e-mail several times a day.
3) Watching TV.
We all have things that we enjoy that could be considered as wasting time to others. It’s important to have an escape valve, someway to unwind. Escape valves can easily become a habit that keeps you from more important activities.
Here are some solutions and tips to stop wasting your time and become more productive.
1) Talking with friends when you have a long to do list…
I’m not saying not to have friends, family and former co-workers that you chat with. Often it’s those around us that may not have focused activities at this time in their life. Maybe they want to speak with you about a mutual friend that has become ill, or a wonderful vacation and the list goes on and on and on.
My suggestion would be to come up with ways to tactfully say you must go, you have an appointment and you are still in your robe (If it’s true.) Others may become a little pived if they don’t receive all the time from you they want. But, what about you? If you do talk as long as some want , you are the one that is missing out.
2) Checking and reading e-mails, Twitter or Facebook several times a day is very time consuming.
Is there really anything in those e-mails that can’t wait until you are finished with more important activities?
My suggestion would be to set a timer for 15 minutes and when it rings, get up, and work for at least the next 45 minutes.
3) Watching TV…
There are many worthwhile and interesting programs that we all love to watch, such as HGTV and the Food Network, or Opera or Dr. Phil. Some even spend great amounts of time each day watching the News channels. It’s so easy to look at the clock and say I’ll take the time to do a chore when this program is finished. But, another program is on next and it doesn’t take long to eat up several hours. Use the timer again, and don’t come back to watch TV for several hours. This is a good time to exercise, go for a walk, garden or any number of other things you like to do.
Think about your most productive time each day.
Is it morning, afternoon or are you a night owl. Plan your day to work on things you least like to do first, when that’s accomplished you can enjoy the good feeling that accomplishments bring.
A short power nap in the afternoon can provide energy for the rest of your day.
Tonnia
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Retired? Wasting Your Time