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June 7, 2023
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Wasted Time: What Has Become of You
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by Janice R Newman
As time progresses, it seems that people are getting busier and busier and more distracted by technology, activities, social media, etc. Our time gets consumed by distractions in the world that cause us to get off track, waste time, and become stagnant with our goals and achievements. Time is a valuable commodity that has a limited supply. Time is limited hourly by 60 minutes, daily by 24 hours, monthly by 30 days, yearly by 365 days, and our life is unknown. Ecclesiastes 3:1 “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven” We’re taught to use our time wisely versus wasting such a precious limited commodity, but how much time do we waste daily, weekly, or in our lifetime that we can’t get back? We spend time on social media, phone calls, watching television, surfing the internet, YouTube, and playing game apps on our phones. Statista.com reports that the average American spent daily in 2022 over two hours watching television and over one hour on social media. Imagine three hours a day that could be utilized to accomplish your goals, take a college class, or be an entrepreneur. That’s almost 1100 hours or 45 days of wasted time. We can effectively reduce wasted time by eliminating or reducing distractions, setting priorities, and improving our time management skills. First, you must eliminate and reduce distractions by identifying what are your main distractions. The main distractions are internet surfing, watching television, text messages, emails, and your phone. Our phones are with us 24/7 and it has become second nature to constantly look at our phones for messages, emails, shopping, and social media. Reduce distraction by turning off your notifications on your phone, closing unnecessary browser tabs, minimizing noise, or turning off the television. Create an environment that’s free from distractions to work on projects and goals. Also, set boundaries with others by communicating your need to have uninterrupted time to focus. Once distractions are reduced, you can focus on setting priorities.
Stingrays Glide by in Shedd Aquarium’s Stingray Touch Exhibit Reopened for its Tenth Summer Stingray Touch, Shedd’s outdoor touch exhibit home to cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonas), is back for the summer and its tenth annual season. Guests can connect with the soft, supple animals in a one-of-a-kind, hands-on experience for a closer connection with nature and wildlife. During the experience, guests can discover how Shedd cares for the cownose rays as well as other interesting facts about the unique species while reaching into the tropical waters to gently touch the back of a ray. Cownose rays are tactile animals—they naturally school together, brushing up against each other while swimming. This social behavior makes them a perfect fit for handson encounters at Stingray Touch. Guests also have an opportunity to help feed these flat, pancakelike fish by adding a Stingray Feeding for $5 ($4 for members). With this add-on to the experience, guests can feed these bottom-feeders a seafood treat and watch them gently bump against each other and their fingers. Feeding is available when Stingray Touch is open, with feeding times between 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Guests can see a Shedd Team Member to add this experience. Children who choose to participate in a feeding must be older than 6. Cownose rays are renowned for
their marathon mass migrations. Each autumn, as their summer waters as far north as southern New England start to cool, schools numbering thousands of rays seek warmer habitats in the southern Caribbean, including Venezuela and Brazil. In the Gulf of Mexico, schools of as many as 10,000 rays migrate from the waters off Florida’s west coast down and around to Yucatan. These rays are also found along the coast of West Africa. Moving in huge numbers offers protection from predators such as hammerheads and great white sharks. Guests can also come eye-to-eye with cownose rays at the Caribbean Reef exhibit. Tiger rays, yellow rays, mangrove whiptails and spotted rays are other stingrays that reside throughout the aquarium.
Prioritizing is probably the single most overlooked important detail in goal setting and achievement. Staying focused on the task at hand becomes daunting and overwhelming. Prioritize your tasks based on their importance and the urgency of deadlines that need to be met. Focus on high-priority tasks first and allocate a realistic amount of time to work on the tasks. Review your priorities daily. Identify key tasks to accomplish that will make the largest impact in achieving your goals. Make a list of daily, weekly, and monthly tasks and utilize an hourly calendar. This will help you plan your priorities by allocating dedicated time to the major tasks which will enforce time management. Time management is essential in controlling your allocated time for accomplishing your goals and saving time. It helps you organize, schedule, and arrange time for different activities; however, time management is not easy. It requires self-discipline and practice to master. Helpful tips are creating a To-Do-List to check off items, assigning dedicated blocks of time for work, meetings, breaks, or leisure activities, and avoiding overcommitting which can bring on anxiety and stress by trying to accomplish too many tasks during the same timeframe. It can improve focus, create time awareness, reduce stress, and enhance worklife balance by getting things accomplished during their appropriate time. Time is a valuable commodity, but overloading your time can be more harmful. Wasted time increases because of distractions that take our focus away, not setting priorities for tasks based on their importance and urgency, and failing to implement a structured time management plan and strategies. Those three impeded us from accomplishing tasks and moving closer to our goals. Taking action to enhance the use of our time can lead to personal growth, increased productivity, reduced stress, and achieving your goals more efficiently and potentially quicker. Stop wasting time by improving the use of your time by making the most of it, and create a more fulfilling, happier, and successful life. Y? Why Not!
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