You Have Too Much Time

A discussion about how we think about being "too busy." Life is really more about priorities and vocabulary, and this talk takes a look at ways to think about our time, our priorities, and our o
goals.

Originally presented at the 2013 Kalamazoo X Conference. http://kalamazoox.org

Transcript

1. You Have Too Much Time @jeffblankenburg
2. I was going to do a talk about procrastination, but I never found the time to write it.
4. Learn something new every year.
6. “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” William Penn
7. “I’ve been SO busy.” “I don’t think I have enough time.” “I’m completely slammed this week.”
8. What does that even mean?
9. “I don’t manage my time well.” “I don’t have time…for that.” “I have other things I’d rather do.”
10. Where did all of our time go?
11. What are your favorite TV shows? 30 min 30 min 90 min 30 min 30 min 30 min 30 min 30 min 30 min 45 min How do I waste over SIX hours a week?
13. Source: Nielsen.com State of the Media 01.07.13 On average, this is… 7 hours A DAY consuming media. If you consider people work 8 hours a day & sleep 8 hours a day, it’s no wonder we have no time.
15. Screens are not bad.
21. It’s not a time problem. It’s a priority problem.
22. We have too much time, so we spend it aimlessly. We have too many ways to spend our time.
23. If you had to choose one, forever…
25. Too much time inhibits productivity. Too many choices inhibit a decision.
26. Life is a series of priorities.
27. What are yours?
28. What are your favorite TV shows?
29. What are your top 3 goals this year?
30. If you don’t have goals, what are you spending your time doing?
31. WASTING IT.
32. Retire
33. Lose weight
34. Spend more time with my family & friends NOT HIM
35. It’s not all priorities, though. Sometimes it’s a matter of vocabulary.
36. NO.
38. No, I won’t watch your 3 dogs this week while you and your new girlfriend take a trip to wine country. AGAIN.
39. No, I won’t build you a website for $100. I don’t care if your nephew would do it for less.
41. “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” M. Scott Peck