How to take back your time - and make the most of it
So you actually fit in what you really want to do.
Weekly Technique: Take back your time
Having trouble coming to grips with the fact that it’s almost autumn? Us too!
Time can play some serious tricks on us as humans, and this year has been no joke. Days can feel super slow when nothing’s changing in our routines, but weeks and months can feel like we blinked and the year’s almost over.
It’s no surprise that how we spend our time can have a big impact on our health and wellbeing. That’s why it’s key to make time work in our favour, by paying attention to how we’re spending the hours in our day. This arms us with the right info to help make mindful tweaks to our lives, and make room for that list of what we’ve always wanted to accomplish.
3 fast facts
Research shows that how we perceive time is impacted by what we're doing, and what’s happening around us. We tend to underestimate the amount of time it takes for routine activities, and when nothing new is really happening, time feels like it moves more slowly than when we’re keeping busy.
A recent study of over 30,000 people found that adults use an average of 4.5 hours a day on activities that aren’t mandatory.
Studies show that feeling like we don’t have enough time is one of the biggest barriers to physical activity and healthy eating.