When you feel lazy or uninspired...

We all mostly feel like crashing, having a drink and relaxing whole day, who doesn't likes to relax right ?

But the thing is, time is something we underestimate, how many of you actually value your time ? Did you say you do ? look at the list below

1 Week - A holiday.

1 Day - Sleep it off, watch TV, lie around.

6 hours - A day out with friends.

3 hours - Movies/Series. (For some it may be longer, depending they watching it at home)

2 hours - Internet. (For some it may be longer)

1 hour - Gaming, Social networking. (For some it may be longer)

30 minutes - Time spent on phone calls (For some it may be longer)

15 minutes - nobody cares

1 minutes - no one cares like it doesn't exists.

I am not even going to write about "seconds"

So above list is a typical example of people utilizing their time, and those people are average. Stop being average, stop doing what everyone else is doing. Create your own life, your own lifestyle, your own rules, and make it all aligned with the time so that you have enough to spend with your loved ones and to achieve your goals.

Here’s a little tip I use when I feel like wasting time.

“Whenever you feel lazy or uninspired, just imagine your 80-year-old self is watching and judging HOW YOU SPEND YOUR DAY.”

The older we get, time seems to move quicker because everything happens in bigger time blocks. In grade school you had 45-min periods, a 15-min recess, a 30-min lunch, a 60-min basketball practice etc.

When we’re older we have 4-hour, part-time shifts, 3-hour college classes, 9-hour work days, 2 hours of daily commuting, etc. In adulthood our weeks, months and years often blend together in hindsight.

It’s incredibly easy for these large chunks of time that take up my day to wear me out. REMEMBER: There will be nights when you come home and are so exhausted that you’ll crash immediately.

On other nights when you have the option to either call it a day or use your last bits of energy to contribute something, ALWAYS choose the latter. Even if it’s just an extra paragraph you write, a chapter you read or an email you send. Those small tasks you tackle accumulate over time and will pay dividends sooner than you think.

If your 80-year-old self is watching you today, they’re envying you because you have the one precious resource that no amount of money will ever get them: time. So make the most of it. That way current you AND 80-year-old you can be proud of a life well utilized.

Vivek Choudhary

“Punctuality is the thief of time.” 

- Oscar Wilde