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    razz51 has her fingers crossed

    How is it 2 days ago

    That I interviewed for a job today, came home and finished cleaning my studio, vacuumed, cleaned and posted numerous items on craigslist, complete with photos, and I still feel like I’m wasting time? Maybe it’s because I never get the job, nothing sells and stuff just gets dirty again. I don’t know.



    summer holiday s began 4 days ago

    so i d better order my list again to collocation my time to begin a most different summer!



    The day, the hour, the minute, the second 1 week ago

    I am very good at making lists. In fact, I make too many lists. I feel compelled to write down everything I have to do on a post-it and gleefully cross completed tasks off before going to bed. I make lists of the exercises I have to do, of the outfits I’m wearing, of the products I’m using; psychologists would probably classify it as a disorder of some kind, but at the rate they go, we’d all be screwed up.

    Anyway, setting goals and visualizing success has never been a problem. Doing the practical, monotous, routine and unpleasant tasks to get there has always bothered me. However, for the last two years, it’s bothered me rather more than usual. Once I get started, I can usually make a task a habit pretty quickly. But something’s been off for a long time, too long; I think I’m breaking out of my bad habits and they pull me back. I haven’t been able to steadily step my way to success. It’s been more like crossing a long bridge with potholes – blindfolded. I never know when I’m going to fall or how far below I’ll fall.

    I decided that the reason for the “blindfold” – because I don’t expect potholes to disappear, a goal’s usually not worth my while if I don’t have to figure out a way to get around tricky stuff in my way – is that either
    • I just don’t want the things on my list badly enough -
    • or I’ve lost my discipline, enthusiasm and perseverance.

    It’s actually a little of each.

    I’ve realized it’s important to re-evaluate goals frequently because I don’t stay the same. And I’ve also realized it’s OK to put off a goal or throw it away forever. Now when I set myself a goal, I ask myself why I want it. Is it a stepping-stone to something better? Is it something I want or have been told I should want? And I come back to it later, and ask myself if I still want it so much, if the something better hasn’t already been achieved via an unexpected path, and if it matters to me.

    To tackle the second problem, I needed to “find” those three qualities that once defined me. How did I lose them? Wasting energy on dreams, the past and negative emotions. When I say wasting energy on dreams, I mean spending too much time visualizing instead of limiting that time, and also looking at the reality. Living in dreams is not good. Nor is living in the past – I would spend hours curled up, thinking of people who were no longer in my life but that I couldn’t “let go” of. Thinking of how my life “should” have been instead of what it is. Feeding on resentment, anger, sadness, and worry – attributing blame to others, complaining, shouting, wasting a lot of time and energy. It is no wonder I couldn’t have time to be focused, determined and energetic.

    Now, I look at my list regularly to make sure every goal is up to date and dear to me. To make sure that most of my goals are somewhat immediate – I do have plans to live and work abroad someday, but to get there, I have a lot more to fulfill first. I look at the list to remember where I am now and where I want to be then. To remind myself of what I should be doing when I’m wasting time on Second Life, Facebook, with past loves and once-friends, in front of the TV. Time is limited and every second should be used to become the person I visualize.



    quit and wanna do about study. 1 week ago

    have quit that foolish review.
    now i wanna search some economics study groups on the internet, and join them.
    looking for something makes me independent…



    quit and wanna do about study. 1 week ago

    have quit that foolish review.
    now i wanna search some economics study groups on the internet, and join them.
    looking for something makes me independent…



    know more about saving time 1 week ago

    how to stop wasting time s just do what u love
    give up what u do not love completely. thank u for make me know that my darling…



    i have wasted a day again 2 weeks ago

    i do not know how i spent it.. just slept until 11am.. then cellphone for a while,and go for dinner..
    the afternoon is with cellphone exporing the english website and spleep and spleep…
    at night i sew a wonderful film… the men there was so man-sense and woman so beautiful and sexy..
    but this s not the day i am crazy of….!!
    a change must be brought…

    i ll do some travelling tomorrow and
    some reading for the examination the day after tomorrow…



    have to change 2 weeks ago

    i have wasted most of my freshman years to do things i do not wanna do i do not interested,i should be more independent!



    arith studying a lot

    Untitled 3 weeks ago

    I need to focus on my studies and career to finish my master degree and start my PHD!



    Don't waste time; Be focused. 3 weeks ago

    I spend too much time getting sidetracked by playing online games, Twittering, reading blogs, etc.; I need to get focused on my life and career instead.



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    loving each day asks, “I feel like I'm wasting time. I'm looking for a job and I have applied for volunteering, but no luck yet. What can I do to make this time off useful?”
    — 20 months ago


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    roger987 asks, “i m wasting time in thinking. very much lazy. dont want to do things. only thinking. nothig doing. feel heavyness.”
    — 3 years ago


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    sebas50 asks, “How do I stop spending my time on time wasters like the computer or the TV?”
    — 3 years ago


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