What do you do while waiting for someone?

Listen to a few minutes of a podcast or audiobook. ... Read a digital book. ... Clean up your inbox. ... Back up and clean out photos. ... Draft your grocery list or virtually shop for pick-up/delivery. ... Plan your next date night or girls night out. ... Practice a quick meditation. ... Write a letter or a card. More items... •

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Despite how busy we all claim to be, we all have downtime. I mean when was the last time you answered with anything other than “busy” when someone asked how are you? We’re so busy that we don’t even recognize downtime as downtime, but it’s there, I promise you. It’s there while you wait in the lobby of your doctor’s office, in line at the grocery story (I have mad skills at picking the slow lane), or in the conference room while your colleagues straggle into a meeting. Downtime exists in the car as you wait for school pickup, in the bathroom while your kids finish splashing in the tub before getting washed, or as you impatiently wait for the water to boil so you can get spaghetti on the table for dinner. Sometimes downtime is so short that just having those few extra seconds to close your eyes or take a deep breath is all it allows. And those seconds are glorious. Don’t ever let them pass you by. But other times, those breaks when we are in between activities or passing a few minutes before it’s our turn actually add up to a significant chunk of time. Time that we so often waste. How do we waste it? I’m sure you can take a lucky guess. It likely involves your phone and mindless scrolling as your eyes glaze over and you completely “check out”.

That’s right, social media.

But what a tough habit to break. Short of deleting those apps from your phone completely (has anyone actually tried that?), you need a compelling reason to do anything other than scroll. Well, how about this? Think about your week last week. How many times were you waiting? I bet, on average, I wait somewhere around 15 minutes a day combined. Some days more, like on the days when I have a doctor’s appointment, some days less, like when activities and transitions happen back to back with no downtime in between. But if 15 minutes is an average, and I spread that across even just the 5 work days, that’s 75 minutes each week of time that I spend waiting!!!

What could you do with an hour and 15 minutes extra each week?

I could think of several things. Sure, it’s not altogether in one lump, but it’s still time. Time that you could chip away at a project or a goal, time that you could spend learning something new or just doing something fun for you.

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Not sure of how you you could spend those few minutes here and there throughout your week? Here are some ideas

If you have your phone…

1. Listen to a few minutes of a podcast or audiobook

Whether it’s to learn something new, laugh, be in suspense or just listen to a really interesting conversation, escape for those few minutes by tuning out the world and tuning into something you enjoy. I almost always have a downloaded book on my phone via my local library app. Those random moments here and there where I’m waiting are some of the few opportunities anymore for me to reach my reading goal each year. Plus, I feel so much better after reading than I do after scrolling social media.

3. Clean up your inbox

Delete emails, especially promotional ones, or better yet unsubscribe! Few people get to inbox zero in a day. Chip away at that goal of a beautifully cleaned out inbox 5 minutes at a time.

4. Back up and clean out photos

Speaking of getting organized, why not spend a few minutes deleting blurry photos or backing up images onto the cloud so you can free up space on your phone. This is one of my go-to activities!

5. Draft your grocery list or virtually shop for pick-up/delivery

There is no better way to feel like you’re really maximizing your time than to do you meal planning and/or online grocery shopping in small increments throughout the week so come Saturday morning (or whenever you do your shopping), it’s already done. Talk about feeling like you’ve got it together!

6. Plan your next date night or girls night out

Research fun activities, new restaurants or upcoming events to get you excited and motivated about scheduling a date night or a girls night. Don’t just dream about it, put it on the calendar and make it happen. It only takes a few minutes.

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