Time is too valuable to waste.  Even if you don’t need to be working I am sure there are a million things you would like to do with your time than let it slip through your fingers. Last week I started this blog series on ways to keep yourself from wasting time. Click Here for part 1 or Click Here for part 2.

The fourth thing you can do if you are feeling a little antsy is to fuel your hobby. If you have been busy your favorite hobby was probably one of the first things to get cut. You can use your laptop or your phone to look up information on what has been going on with your favorite pastime. To keep your sanity, you need to make time for work and family and yourself. You need to do the things that remind you how much fun life is instead of how much work life is. If you don’t have a hobby, use some of your waiting time to research something you’re interested in.

The fifth and final thing you can do to not waste time is to call home. This is probably the most important thing you can do on this list. Your family misses you. You have been so busy and they have been so understanding that it would mean the world if you took five or ten minutes to call. You can thank your partner for being so wonderful, find out what your kids have been up to, or make plans to do something fun because if you need it everyone probably needs it.

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