Not enough hours
Find ways to make your idle time useful. Wasted time is wasted opportunity.
- While you’re waiting in line, exercise. No one will know if you’re doing kegels. Or stand on one leg and rotate the ankle of your other foot (clockwise and counterclockwise) – or point and flex your feet. Rotate your wrists. Stretch your neck. Roll your shoulders. Correct your posture. If you think you can disguise squats by dropping something and picking it up (repeatedly), go for it.
- While you’re stuck in a waiting room, organize your life. Check your email and calendar. Listen to phone messages. Draft a memo you’re supposed to write. Clean out the garbage from your purse or wallet. Plan your menus. Write a shopping list.
- While you’re trapped in the car, educate yourself. Listen to a cd that will boost your career or personal skills. Tune into a radio program that expresses different views from your own, and try to see the other side – or find ways to refute it. Learn a new language. Listen to music that’s new to you (get cd’s free from your library).
Photo by Jasper Greek Golangco
