Do you waste time? Start here and read these quotes.
I do not, or try not to, have time wasters in my life. Do you?
For instance, our family does not have cable television (remember cable is dead, that is why it is buried!). Our television is on only to watch the news in the morning and is generally off except for Friday and Saturday evenings when we gather as a family to watch a movie. I do not waste my weekends, Monday nights, or Thursday nights watching millionaires play games. I can’t tell you whose “Voice” was a “Survivor” on “Jersey Shore.” Most notably, I have heard Kim Kardashian’s name but I may be the only person in the world that couldn’t pick her out of a criminal lineup. Panem et Circenses. Click the link and learn, are you a victim of the 24-hour entertainment cycle?
Regardless of personal wealth we all have the same amount of time. Each day the clock strikes midnight and rich or poor we all have 24-hours, 1440 minutes per day. The question is how do you use your time? Do you watch Oprah, Ellen, American Idol, NFL football? Why? What if you learned a new skill during the same time?
Have you heard of Coursera? Did you know you can take classes from some of the most renowned institutes in the world for FREE? What if you gave up just three hours per week to take a class and learn something new. That new knowledge could be applied to starting a business, writing a book, or even relaxing through a new found hobby.
Imagine watching football. Just pick one team for the season. 16 games per team (NFL Games played during the season). Each game lasts a minimum of three hours, closer to four when commercials and overtime is factored in. For sake of argument, we will use three. Thus, 48 hours are spent watching football for just one team. But, who watches just one team or game per week? Keeping our math easy we will use 50 hours. The equivalent of a single college class! Or, assume you make $20/hour. Time and a half would be $30/hour – a cost of $1500 for not working overtime! What about health?
During the same time the following fitness benefits could be realized:
- 1 hour walking 300 – That is 15,000 calories!
- 1 hour jogging 700 – That is 35,000 calories!
- 1 hour bicycling 700 – That is 35,000 calories!
Keep reading…Because 3,500 calories equals about 1 pound (0.45 kilogram) of fat, you need to burn 3,500 calories more than you take in to lose 1 pound. So if you cut 500 calories from your diet each day, you’d lose about 1 pound a week (500 calories x 7 days = 3,500 calories). (from the above article).
PLUS – you are not sitting on your ass consuming calories.
In the early 1990s a good friend of mine gave me a hard time. He was stunned, he couldn’t believe I did not watch the superbowl on a particular Sunday in January. Why? I was writing a piece of code. That piece of code became part of a software program that I sold approximately 10 months later for $10,000 – my first commercial application. In my entire life I can remember less than a handful of times ever being at a Superbowl party and I even then I do not remember watching the game.
Be cautious concerning time wasters. 2015 is a new year. What are you doing this weekend? Spending time with your kids and family? Working around the house? Exercising? Or, wasting your day?
Time is infinite but our lives are not. Don’t waste time.
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