Time-wasters

How can I detect time-wasters?

It is advisable to take a particularly close look at seemingly routine everyday activities.
This way you might discover time-wasters.
Possible time-wasters can look very different.
We have compiled a list of all the time-wasters that can hide behind:

• the sum of many small distractions

• the sum of many small favours

• long distances

• phone calls

• standing in line

• chatting with flatmates

Some of these activities may seem very attractive at first, so you may not want to avoid them at all. For example, telephone calls or chatting with flatmates. That is certainly true. However, during busy periods, you may be able to make sure that such activities do not interfere with your working hours. For example, chatting with friends during this time can, if necessary, be integrated into an evening of cooking together or a joint sports programme and thus be considered at the same time as a pleasant evening activity after a day of learning or as a break – spontaneous meetings can then take place again after the intensive work phase.

It is also worth taking a closer look at time-wasters because they often hide avoidance behaviour.

On closer inspection, you might notice that the reason why you clean your room or do sports so often at the moment is because you don't have to study then?

If you have unmasked these or other time-wasters, we will show you in the next sections how you can create a TARGET weekly schedule that will lead you to your goal in small steps and without stress.