1. Facebook — I don't think I really need to explain this to any of you. If you're reading Lifehack, you're savvy enough to know that Facebook
(and other social media) can be a huge black hole for time.
2. Photo taking, organizing, uploading, and posting — While we all love to share our best moments with our friends, if you start doing this
a lot, it can be a huge time waster. Every photo needs to be uploaded,
captioned, and share. Unless you are a professional photographer, limit
the time you spend on photos.
3. Momento-gathering — This is an extension of the last item. You can waste a lot of time collecting and organizing momentos. Extra-special
pieces are great, but just trash the boring stuff. Momentos can be
electronic too, and if they need organizing, they take up your time.
4. Personal Grooming — Personal hygiene is essential but if you spend more than 5 minutes on your hair, you might think about how to
reduce that time.
5. Playing Games — It was Plants vs. Zombies for a while. Then Angry Birds… What games do you like to play? While a little bit of gaming is
great recreation, just be aware of the time you spend. You might even
want to literally log the time and see how much it adds up over a
week. Decide how many hours you are willing to waste on your game
(s) of choice and then limit yourself. Willpower required.
6. TV — This is, in my opinion, the worst culprit of all. 99% of the time, it's not useful, helpful or recreational in the true meaning of the word.
Lots of shows try to sell themselves as being informative or
educational, but they aren't. For example, how much do you really
need to know about ancient battles? TV is an horrendous time waster.
Don't be one of those people who lose 20+ hours a week in front of
the flatscreen!
7. Being Sick — It is a better investment in your time to eat healthy and keep your immune system strong than lose time being sick. If you are
sick, focus on getting well than just "biding the time" watching TV or
complaining to anyone and everyone on Facebook!
8. Reading junky books — I hesitate to say this, but reading can be a time-waster. Think about what you're reading and why. But please,
still encourage young people to read anything and everything, just to
improve their reading skills.
9.20. Obsessions — Whether it's reading conspiracy theory websites or tracking down your 16th generation genealogy, our hobbies can
become obsessions if we do them uncontrollably. Make sure that
anything you spend a lot of time on hasn't become an unbalanced
fascination and if it has, try and cut the strings. Get help if you need to.
10. Organizing/Moving files on your computer — Try to put things where they belong the first time, so that you don't have to go
searching for them later or spend time organizing them. On the other
hand, maybe you lose time just "fiddling" with things on your
computer — looking through your downloads folder or mucking
around with folder hierarchies.
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