We all know how important time is, But how many of us, Actually do something to fix how we are using our time?
Many of us don't. We forget about it; We waste time like crazy. Then we wonder where the time "went."

Don't Do Mindless Activities

Many of us do mindless activities to "wind down." While I'm not fully against that. That time does add up, and it's often wasted. Many mindless activities, Like browsing Facebook. Don't even help with winding down. There is no benefit to doing that. When we pay attention to how much time we are wasting on those activities. It's probably a lot more than you would expect.

For winding down, Can you do something more wholesome? Read a book or play a game instead of watching tv? We all know the many benefits to reading, but also videogames are better than Tv in a lot of ways, Especially the more strategic games. Can improve your thinking and your reaction speed to things in real life.
Or can you garden? Do some cleaning?
Cleaning is one of my most favorite "mindless" tasks. Because when I'm done, I have a gorgeous and clean environment to live in. But at the same time, Cleaning helps me wind down too.

Don't Settle

We waste time when we settle. It's like putting a "stop" on all of your goals in life, While you "settle." It breaks my heart when I hear about couples later in life barley accomplishing some of their dreams Because time just "slipped" by.
Think of what you want in life, And take some step towards it. If you want to have a bakery some day, Can you save a little, Even 5.00 a week so you can open one day? Try and do what you can to make your goals happen. Settling wastes time, And later in life, you'll live with regret and rush to accomplish all of your dreams.

Think of The End Result

This is similar to settling; Many people make choices in life-based purely on what they want right now, Instead of looking at their long-term goals and deciding based on that. Again, you waste time when you focus only on what gets you by right now.
This is something I had to do when buying my car. I don't NEED a car right now, But I figured right now would be the best time for me to learn. So later in life, if I'm on vacation or I'm traveling, and I need to rent a car, I will already know how to drive.
Also, an example is my Steemit account. Sometimes it's tempting seeing my "estimated value." That's a lot of money. But I know Steem will be worth a lot more in the future. So I'm thinking of my long-term goals when I choose to stay invested.

If the price of Steem were to go to 10.00 per Steem, My account would be worth about 580,000 Which is a big difference between the 60,000 my account is currently worth.

When we keep the result in mind, Sometimes we see better opportunities to gradually get us to our end goal. Sometimes those opportunities aren't in front of our faces, So we have to dig deep to see them.
This prevents us from wasting time pursuing things that don't matter. Which is a common theme throughout many lives.

Conclusion

Time is our most precious resource, yet we are more than happy to throw it away and waste it. When you focus on your end goals, and what you truly want out of life, you waste less time because you tend to go in the correct direction rather than in the opposite direction then you want to go.

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