Hey, what's up? I am Muchelle B,
And there are like a lot of things that you can do in life to make yourself happier, more
interesting, more content. You could read more, learn more, spend more time in the sun, gratitude journal, work on your goals.
But probably the number one thing stopping you from actually doing all of those things is you wasting time doing things that don't actually matter.
So, in this video
I want to talk about nine ways that you can stop wasting your time, start picking out habits that actually matter, and start doing things
that you actually care about. Number one:
swap what you're doing for something better. Probably the simplest way to take advantage of the time that you currently waste. So while you're doing your
makeup, rather than watching like mindless YouTube videos in the background, listen to an interesting podcast on how to learn something in 20 hours
or something inspiring like a Tony Robbins
interview. Swap watching Netflix for
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So rather than getting home and checking on the Netflix show that you're not really that into anyways because there's nothing good on Netflix
right now. Get home and chuck on a site like Skill Share and watch a course on like how to give a great
presentation. It's basically about swapping something that you already currently do for something very similar in nature
So it doesn't sort of feel like you're losing out
But you're doing something that is better and is helping you get to where you want to go. Tip number two is a simple one
But turn off your phone. For me, my worst
Weakness is my phone
It is so easy for me to be sucked into just like an hour of
Scrolling through my Facebook and tagging people and memes and then I just look up
And I'm like wow like what at the time girl. What am I doing here?
So you can approach turning off your phone in that way so turning it off whenever you have a task to complete or just have
Set times when your phone is just off. So like from 5:00 a.m.. To 10:00 a.m.. Your phone is off and from 6:00 p.m.
onwards your phone is off that way you kind of force yourself to turn to doing something like
Picking up a book and reading. Tip number three: actually cut off all social media.
so if you're working at a computer
You can use an app like stayfocusd. It restricts the amount of time you can spend on websites like Facebook
So you give yourself an allocated time like ten minutes, so once your ten minutes is up
You can't access Facebook again for the rest of the day. Tip number four: have set times that you do your housework.
I was talking to a girl the other day and she was saying she'll sit down to do work and then out of the corner
Of her eye, she'll do the dishes, and she'll just really quickly like chuck them in the dishwasher
And then she'll see the laundry and decide to put on a load of laundry and all of a sudden
She's like scrubbing the shower and her house is spotless
So if you find that you're wasting time when you're meant to be doing something by just distracting yourself with housework
Set yourself a time when you do that housework
So have ten minutes in the morning when you go around and you make sure that you just throw in the dishwasher
You clean off the benches and then for me, I have like my Sunday routine
Which is usually when I do all of my washing and all those bits and pieces. So that way when you sit down to do the work
You don't feel tempted to do other stuff
Which is technically productive?
but it's not what you should be doing. Tip number five: when you aren't into something, stop doing it. Every time that you accept an
Invitation to an event that you don't want to go to, start a project that you're not really that into, feel this burning need to
complete a book that you don't like, you're spending your time doing stuff that isn't valuable to you. For those of you who have a
Problem with overcommitting: a good mantra is: "if it isn't a hell
yes, it's a no." I'll link the article to that down below.
Your time is precious, spend it
Consuming stuff that you want to consume and spend it going to events that you actually want to go to. Tip number six is to check
in with yourself on the hour
so if you're someone that I get these attracted and you end up like down a wormhole of
Articles every time that you try to do things, try setting a reminder on your phone or your computer for every hour
Whenever the time it goes also look back at your to-do list and refocus your energy. Tip number seven is to
Actually know what you're doing. If you sit down to do something
And you don't actually know what it is that you are meant to be doing
You're going to be easily distracted. Before you set out to work write down your tasks
and if it's a task that requires any more than one step write out or the baby tasks underneath it. Break it down so that
It's easier for you approach
And you're less likely to head off and waste your time doing other things
Tip number eight: if you have a problem that is wasting your time, fix it. If you find that something's
Frustrating you to the point where you're spending like an abnormal amount of time getting
Frustrated about it or even just working around it: do something about it. For example at work
I know I've done this before - you might have like a ton of calls or you have a ton of issues
Come up around a certain aspect of your work. You're sick of it. You're wasting so much time on it
How can you actually
improve it that it's not taking up so much of your time?
And my last tip, tip number nine is: don't listen to everyone all the time including me. If you listen to enough lifestyle bloggers and
YouTubers - and I'm not forgetting that I am one of those people
You'll feel a genuine desire to meditate, do yoga, run, write morning pages,
Bullet journal, wake up early and make a handmade acai bowl from only raw ingredients every single day.
There is a lot of stuff that is pushed out into the world as like things that you absolutely must do and they're all good
As suggestions. Some of it might not actually work for you and instead
It will just waste your time. As an example of this
Journaling by just brain dumping and putting up all of my thoughts on paper. - it doesn't do too much for me
I love journaling when it's like a time of need and I can see why it would be valuable
But doing it daily didn't do that much for me. I almost feel guilty saying this because it's such a widespread habit
It's like a life changing thing. You might totally love journaling
but feel the exact same way about writing down a list of five things you're grateful for, you
don't feel grateful at all when you write them down, doesn't work for you
But doing a weekly works... or maybe you think bullet journaling just seems like a whole bunch of effort and you would much rather have
A journal with a set out template it makes it easier for you. Yoga might save your life, bullet journaling could
Transform your daily habits, but don't always feel like you need to do it all and when you do something
And you do it for a while. Give it a good go and it doesn't work for you,
don't feel guilty for dropping it. It might just not be your thing
Don't forget to check out these links from SkillShare in the description down below. If you have any ideas to how you've stopped wasting
Time of the day leave them in the comment section down below. I appreciate you guys so much, and I will see you soon.
xoxo