I have not touched my planification online course since before Christmas break and it is now the end of April. Just think of all that wasted time. I probably could have done that course twice in that time. I even have a study block to use. Time we take for granted and do not often appreciate, until it's gone. Or there is wasted time well wasted, like relaxing. If you think about it “relaxing” is wasting time, because there is not a very large outcome of this time and you could probably do something more productful. Even though everyone loves to have time to relax and do nothing. When I go home and sit on the couch after school my mother often says that I am wasting time and should go do school work or go for a run etc. I see this time as a time to relax and not do work when my mother sees it as time that could be used differently and maybe even productively. So, ‘‘wasting time’’ is a little different for everyone because we see time well spent differently. Say one person was looking up the states of some professional sportsperson, for this person they are learning and this is probably not considered waste time for them but to someone who doesn't care about that sport might see that research as wasted time. We often waste time because we are trying to put off doing something or get caught up doing something that really doesn't matter. Im sure if everyone valued school/work above most other things and we did not waste time with friends and playing sports and social mediaing we could all have amazing grades/be successful. But that sounds really boring and unpleasant so I might just keep enjoying my wasted time and enjoying what I enjoy. Wait… so is wasting time good‽‽ Hear is an amazingly worded blog on the psychological importance of wasting time. (fun fact- ‽←- this is an interobang and is great cuz it's basically a question mark and an exclamation mark! Use it well!) You now know two side to wasting time, the bad-because well you probably already have it drilled in your mind that wasting time is bad and now because you just looked at that link up there in the last paragraph….. you know the positive side.
I'm assuming you have always had people yelling at you and annoying you to stop wasting time and to actually do something useful for yourself or others. That's why we see wasting time as negative thing. But also cuz the word ‘‘waste’’ is pretty negative. When wasting time stop and think, are you wasting time, or is there actually value in what you are doing? Is talking with a friend a waste of time or are you investing in the relationship. I believe it depends on you perspective and what other stuff you might should have probably be doing. So waste your time wisely. Matthew F
16 Comments
Ella McMillan
5/7/2018 10:33:11 am
I relate to this blog. I left planning till 3 days before the due date. I agree with how people waste time so they can put off something they actually need to do. Great blog.
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Christina Coburn
5/7/2018 10:33:49 am
I relate to this blog as I waste time so much and I know it's bad.
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Janeva
5/7/2018 10:35:03 am
I'm with you on planning! I cant totally relate - I have had so many opportunities to get it done but instead I end up watching tv or doing something else. I really liked your analysis on the words "wasting time"
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Makaela
5/7/2018 10:35:47 am
Love this because it is so true and I relate to that so much and it motivates me to do more and not waste my time cause I do and even though I don’t think it’s a waste it is so I need to keep a better watch
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Latham Antonissen
5/7/2018 10:36:11 am
Very useful blog. I have many online courses and I can relate on how it can be hard to manage time and actually be productive
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Connor
5/7/2018 10:36:57 am
10/10 agree. I feel like most of the time we don’t value the time we have until it’s gone
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jacob
5/7/2018 10:37:56 am
wasting time is never a good thing to do but if you spread out what you are trying to do or you take a 5 min break every 25 min then it doesn't seem so bad. this has been my experience with how to solve wasting time.
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Skyler
5/7/2018 10:38:26 am
This same thing happened to me with planning but I caught up now you just got to take one day and hang out a bunch of assignments to motivate you. After Christmas I Hadent even started and now I am almost done
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Georgia
5/7/2018 10:38:56 am
Good job twin. Yes I agree that to different people “wasting time” can be two things, I don’t think that “relaxing” is wasting time but then again what do you call relaxing? Nice blog, I like the last sentence
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Julia
5/7/2018 10:39:16 am
Yesterday I totally wasted my time doing nothing! Which was not productively wasting time like you said. I think this blog is really helpful for the people who are the procrastinators like me!
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Emma
5/7/2018 10:39:58 am
I really like this blog a tonnnn because I waste time so often. I recently started rewatching all nine seasons of The Office and there have been so many times where I could have been using my time more wisely than I do. Great blog!
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donovan
5/7/2018 10:40:52 am
i to think that sitting down and relaxing can be a waste of time but i also think it can be very useful you can that time and think of what to do next but you probably end up procastinating
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Jennifer Chen
5/7/2018 10:50:42 am
I agree with his blog, I think he is right, sometimes we often feel we don't get enough time that because we never think about how to make more time, if we start to save more time you will find much more viable time than before.
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Haobo Liang
5/7/2018 10:51:37 am
I think this blog is quite right. Time is like the water in a sponge. Time is the same way if you keep looking for free time you will have more time.
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Kai
9/24/2018 10:56:14 am
I always realized I wasting time after actually wasting time. I try to use time more useful but my desperation always win to useful time. This blog actually really thoughtful to me.
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Belle
9/12/2019 11:29:28 am
100% agree with you! many people have the problem dealing with times, included me. I know it's bad and have tons of time to finish my work, at they all end up getting on my phone, watching videos.
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