The power of minutes…
Time is not infinite
I often hear people say, that something will only take a minute of their time...
What's the real value of a mintue? If time is money, then a minute saved is a minute earned. Let's take a moment and think about where those minutes go and how they add up.
If you take 2 minutes in the morning and 2 minutes in the evening to brush your teeth, in a week that is 28 minutes. In a year it is over 24 hours. That is an entire 24 hours - one day - in a year BRUSHING YOUR TEETH! 1 out of every 365 minutes you spend in a year is spent brushing your teeth.
So stop brushing. No not really, but where could you find 4 minutes a day and gain back a day of your life every year? If you found enough of them, could you find a whole week or even a whole month in your life? Let's look at a few examples:
30 minute TV show once per week = 26 hours (1+ days)
60 minute TV show once per week = 52 hours (2.1 days)
10 minute shower everyday = 60 hours (2.5 days)
60 minutes per day on Facebook = 52 hours
20 minutes to go out and get lunch at the office = 83 hours (3.5 days)
I often like to ask myself: "Is this an activity I wouldn't mind doing for the period of time continuously?" Do I like a TV show enough to watch it for 26 straight hours? For me, there are very TV shows that would meet that criteria, but there
So if you could eliminate 1 60 minute TV show per week you would get back 2.1 days. Remember that is 60 waking hours. If you sleep 8 hours, then this is equivalent to almost 4 waking days. If you TiVo the show and skip the ads a 60 minute show contains 16 minutes of commercials, so even if you watch the show you could still save about a half a day still watch your favorite show.
Reducing a daily shower from 10 minutes to 5 minutes will save you almost 30 hours in the course of a year.
Remember saving just 4 minutes a day will buy you 24 waking hours each year.
What time saving tips have you found that can shave a few minutes here and there?
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