I'm not going to lie, I spend a ridiculously high amount of time on Facebook, Gmail, and Yahoo sports, constantly refreshing the same pages over and over again hoping something new will pop up again. Not only do I think Yahoo Sports is a poor sports website, I'm realizing that following sports as a hobby is such a time waster that I should probably stop looking at sports pages for the rest of my life.
Facebook and Gmail can be effective ways of maintaining contact with your friends and family, along with meeting people from the past that you want to connect with in the present, but they can be huge time wasters. My recommendation (and I'm trying to strictly adhere to this myself) is to only check these sites once a day, or better yet, once every few days. Unless you rely on these tools as ways for emergency contact, try to avoid spending more time on these sites than necessary. You'll suddenly find that you have (who am I kidding? I'm still trapped in the game!) a lot more time to do the things that you enjoy, along with the things that give you the most fulfillment in life.
If you feel yourself idling and staring into space for minutes, hours, or days at a time, simply ask yourself this question - "What can I do right now to better my life or achieve my goals?" That simple question will get you focused and on track for the day, and hopefully willy motivate you to stop wasting time playing monopoly online for 9 hours in a row to start working on that entrepreneurial project that you've been wanting to start forever. Those nine hours spent playing monopoly could have easily been spent on your own money-making efforts, or at least something that will give you more satisfaction with your life.
I'm not saying it's necessary to eliminate every single break from your life, as they are necessary to avoid being incredibly stressed out maniacs, just try to limit the time you're not being productive because you probably will regret it in the future. I know I do!
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-G
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