3 ways to make use of wasted time

Even with time management and task management, things rarely go as planned, and in many cases, things don’t go as expected.
When you choose an action that is different from what you originally planned, and things don’t go as planned, you tend to criticize yourself, saying that your choice was wrong, or that you were taking it easy without making any choices in the first place.
In this article, I’ll give you some tips on how to move forward when you feel like you’ve wasted your time.

The time you wasted will never come back

It goes without saying that lost time will never come back.The important thing is to take advantage of the reflections on your past failures (which are actually not true) and apply them to the next one.

Two patterns that don’t go as planned

1. I tend to run away to the easier option.

When you hear the phrase “wasting/wasting time,” this is probably the first thing that comes to mind.This is a common pattern of devoting time to things like “I watched too much TV or the internet instead of doing what I needed to do.”
Working on what you originally wanted to do and getting closer to your goal would give you a greater sense of accomplishment and pleasure, but you get addicted to easily gaining curiosity and pleasure through readily available media, and you end up never being able to work on what you want to do.

2. Unplanned business comes up.

This is an interrupt task that you have to prioritize before you can do what you originally wanted to do, such as when something urgent comes up or a request comes suddenly.
This tends to happen to people who keep saying “busy” all year round, but are unable to get results or satisfaction from their busyness.Even if you are working hard and are exhausted, if you are not satisfied with it, even if it seems like you are doing well, you are actually not doing what you really need to do.lazy personIt can also be taken as such.

It’s the same in the sense that things can’t proceed as planned.

At first glance, we tend to think of the latter as a good thing because we tend to move more easily than the other, but we can say that they are the same in the sense that we are unable to control things and are not able to use our time as we had originally hoped.Rather,It may be troublesome because it’s easy to make excuses for not being able to do it.
In the former case, it is easy to think that the cause lies with you and to stop and reflect on yourself, but in the latter case, it is dangerous because you may end up spending your time endlessly, not realizing that things are not going well.

3 ways to make better use of the time you wasted

Lost time cannot be regained.The important thing is how to build on this and move on to the next step.

Don’t compare yourself to others.Don’t compare yourself to someone who doesn’t exist

The reason you feel like you’ve wasted your time is because you’re comparing yourself to others who seem to have achieved good results by using their time effectively.
Comparing yourself to others is a double-edged sword.If comparison stimulates your competitive spirit in a positive direction and transforms your motivation, then it’s okay to compare as much as you can, but when comparing makes you feel depressed, you should never use the term “comparison with others.”You and others are born, raised, and have different conditions in every aspect, so you can’t measure them using the same yardstick.
When you decide that comparison is not a source of motivation, try saying things like “People are people, and you are yourself” and “You are unique and special to begin with,” and focus on “what you are going to do now” from a flat perspective.

Don’t compare yourself to someone who doesn’t exist

Not only do we compare ourselves to others, but we often also compare ourselves to how we would have been if we had used our time more effectively.
It’s easy to end up comparing yourself to, “If I had done it right every day, I would be like this…”, but in the first place,That person doesn’t exist anywhere. In that sense, the comparison with myself who was able to do it isI’m more than a stranger.It’s just like saying, “I’m weaker than Goku from Dragon Ball.” It’s no use comparing yourself to Goku.
Of course, you can do it if that comparison increases your motivation, but if it doesn’t, you need to quickly get out of that way of thinking.There is little good in comparing yourself who can’t do something to someone else who can.

I see it as a necessary time for me.

As exemplified by “Life is not wasted in the long run” (Soichiro Honda), events that at first glance seem to be wasteful or meaningless may turn out to be unnecessary.
On the other hand, just because you have been taking actions that seem to be efficient, it does not necessarily mean that you will reach your desired goal.
However, it is not good for your mental health to continue to live your life wasting time that seems like a waste.You want to be able to control your actions as much as possible.I can’t fix what happened, butThose experiences are necessary for my future self.So, with that in mind, let’s move on.
You can’t change everything all of a sudden, so let’s take action right now to improve just a little bit from yesterday.

Take the fact that your options have narrowed down positively

For example, it is extremely difficult to spend the time between your teens and 20s, when your physical abilities are at their peak, being lazy and then aspire to become a professional athlete who is active on the front lines of sports after reaching your 30s.Not only in sports, but the older you get, the narrower your options become.
However, as long as you are alive, your options will never be completely reduced to zero, so there are many things you can do.
If your options have narrowed, take it as a positive that it has become easier to choose, and use your past experience to focus on what you need to do from now on.

Task management partners help you make the most of your wasted time

You can’t get back the time you waste.However, you can use it as material for reflection for next time.You can take advantage of this and think about your next course of action on your own, but if you find that difficult, please consider the services of a task management partner.
Even if you make a choice that was different from what you originally intended to do and regret it, we will help you create and manage tasks so that you can take advantage of that decision and move forward.