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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

943: 11 Ways You're Wasting Time And How to Change by Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of Making Sense of Cents

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of Making Sense of Cents shares 11 ways you're wasting time, and how to change. Episode 943: 11 Ways You're Wasting Time And How to Change by Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of Making Sense of Cents (Productivity). Michelle Schroeder-Gardner created Making Sense of Cents in order to help improve her own finances. With diligence, she was able to pay off $38,000 in student debt in 7 months, kept track of progress, and helped readers along the way. She's currently touring North America and living out of an RV. You can learn more about her and see her monthly income reports at MakingSenseOfCents.com. The original post is located here: https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2016/04/ways-youre-wasting-time.html Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 943, 11 ways you're wasting time and how to change.

0:06.8

I'm a shelves-froader-garner of making sense of sense.com and we're very on-person narrator Justin

0:12.4

Mollick, re-entue from some amazing blogs and books to help you optimize your life.

0:17.0

I read from many, many different authors covering personal development, minimalism, productivity,

0:23.0

motivation, inspiration, and more.

0:26.0

And I'll get right to the post as we optimize your life.

0:33.4

11 ways you're wasting time and how to change by Michelle Schroeder-garner of making sense of sense.com.

0:41.3

Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. What you do with it is up to you, but you may be wasting time

0:48.0

each day which can hold you back from reaching your goals. If you are able to figure out where in

0:52.8

your day you are wasting time, you may be able to start a side hustle, make more money, pay off

0:58.8

debt, spend more time with your loved ones, learn a new skill, have more fun in life, travel more,

1:05.4

reach a dream of yours, and more. Just think about it. What do you think you could do with an extra

1:10.3

5 to 10 hours or even more each week? You might even be wasting time without knowing it. You might

1:16.2

not realize how this wasted time easily adds up to a huge number of hours. Hopefully today's topic

1:22.1

will help you find hours in your week no matter how they are lost. Here are 11 ways you're wasting

1:27.6

time and how to change that. Number 1. Checking your email over and over. I'm guilty of checking

1:35.2

my email numerous times throughout the day. It's a problem I have, but I'm slowly getting better

1:39.7

with lots of room for improvement. Checking your email can waste a lot of time. By dedicating your

1:45.3

time and focus towards checking your email, you may be losing your train of thought when you should

1:49.9

actually be doing something else. I recommend checking your email just a few times a day or even

1:55.8

each once a day. Number 2. Being Unorganized. Being unorganized can waste a significant amount

2:03.6

of your time and leads to late fees, stress, lost items, and more. Here are some surprising

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