1) Social Media - The average American spends 118 minutes (almost two hours) on social media alone. If you include YouTube and your favorite website, for me it's ESPN, you have literally "wasted" hours of your day. Here are just some suggestions that might help you when it comes to limiting your social media time.
- Don't check social media at all when you get home from work. Place your phone in an area where you can't get to it easily. Spend time with your family, not on your phone.
- Chart the amount of time you spend on social media. You'll probably get nauseous.
- Purge social media from your life all together for a time. Trust me, you'll still survive.
2) TV/Video Games - The average American adult watches a little over 5 hours of television a day! Most of this comes from Live TV (not DVR). There's very little that is shown on TV that can't be watched later via DVR. If you watch insurmountable amounts of TV let's call you what you are: lazy. While some TV and video games are ok for relaxation if you want to get part of your day back simply stay active and watch less TV.
3) Unnecessary Meetings - 42% of working Americans consider the meetings they go to for work as counterproductive. Meetings for the sake of meetings will kill an organization and a family for that matter. Very few things that come up are truly emergencies. For smaller issues tell your staff or family members that it can wait until a designated meeting time.
4) Shopping - Let's be honest, lots of people shop online. It's very easy to browse and before you know it you're buying a purse or maybe a fishing pole when all you wanted to do was to complete your grocery order and buy some cantaloupe. Even if you have great control simply browsing over things with no intention of buying can be considered time wasting.
5. Grooming - Listen, taking care of your body is good and is a necessity. Spending hours on how you look can be a huge time waster. If you spend too much time grooming yourself you're vain. Cleanliness is good. Self centeredness is a bigger turnoff than being unkempt.
So there you have it, the top 5 Time Wasters! Do you agree? Did I miss any that should sneak into the top 5? What are your thoughts!
