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Time Wasters

July 9, 2012 By Megan Smith Leave a Comment

My cable/phone/internet were all out for four days last week thanks to the storm.  I was lucky in that I had power, so I can’t complain too much (though I did insist that Comcast give me a credit for the outage).

One thing I discovered was just how much I rely on those services, especially the internet.

I am an information junkie.  I love to know what’s going on in the world.  I love being able to check in on my friends.  I love when I read something random and decide I want to know more so I can just do a web search.  I love information.

So this was something I definitely missed while my internet was out.  I had my smart phone and I had WTOP (the local news radio station) on most of the day (while at home, anyway) so I wasn’t totally removed from the world, but it certainly felt like it at times.

The other thing I discovered?  Just how much time I spend on these things.  Over the weekend, I felt like I had so much free time.  I cleaned the house.  I went to the movies.  I went for a run.  I went for a bike ride.  I read two books.  It was amazing how much I felt like I could get done.  Of course, there were things I wasn’t getting done like laundry (we were on water restrictions) and bill paying (I do this online) and budget updating, but I certainly felt productive.

Of course, one of my favorite weekend activities is to go on a long training run and then come home, shower, and veg on the couch for a few hours, catching up on tv on the DVR.  It’s really the only time that I just let my brain shutdown, and it’s a good rest for my mind and my body.  And I don’t know that that’s something I should give up (though it really only should happen after a long run, not just because I’m lazy).  But I do think I need to reduce the amount of time I spend online, or at least try to schedule out my weekend time a bit better.

I have already found that by not turning on the computer in the morning and just checking the weather on my phone that I can get to work 15-20 minutes early with no trouble.  I had no idea I was losing that much time every day.

I think the lesson is to just be mindful of where my time is going.  There’s nothing wrong with going online and reading news for an hour, I just need to be aware that I’m doing it.  And maybe I should try to get other things done first, then turn on the computer.  It’s a time suck for sure!

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