We must learn to
stop wasting time
being busy.
For some reason, many people have a misguided need to be busy as a way of justifying their existence.
Evaluate your time wasters. These are activities you do on a regular basis that you don’t particularly enjoy and that don’t produce any meaningful benefits. This could be anything from sitting in front of the television, to surfing the Internet, to creeping on your friends on Facebook, to tinkering in the garage. Once you’ve recognized the activities that take a good chunk of your time, you can take steps to change your behavior. You don’t necessarily have to eliminate them, but you do have to moderate them. Some things are not necessarily wrong, they’re just not necessary. However, if it is a purposeful use of your time to relax and rejuvenate, then by all means, use it to sharpen your axe. But be purposeful.
Pause for just a moment and think about how much time you waste on petty things…
Suppose you lived your life as if the next moment or the next day was your last, then how differently would you live? What’s on your list of petty things to stop doing as of right now?
An excerpt from Making the Most of Your Time on Earth by D. Kirk Buchanan. Available at your favorite online bookstore beginning February 1, 2013.
