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It would seem that our life is so fleeting that we constantly experience a shortage of time for any useful accomplishments. But it happens that we find ourselves in situations where this time is literally nowhere to go.

What to do when there is nothing to do?

Take, for example, the work modern life it involves an endless series of rush jobs and idleness, and it is impossible to say exactly which of these cycles tires us more.

How to spend free time in such cases?

Of course, you can engage in frank nonsense, like playing Tetris on a tablet or smartphone. But this "killing" of time will not benefit you at all.

It is much more pleasant and productive to do really interesting things that can even bring you material profit. You "kill two birds with one stone"- on the one hand, you are not bored, on the other hand, you get your own benefit from the process.

And even if it is not even material, but spiritual, it is in any way better than spending several hours on the same idleness, only with the performance of some simple tasks.

To properly spend time at home, at work, at school, on the train or in the hospital, it is important to identify your priorities in this matter. What do you like to do in general? Maybe you have a craving for art and painting? Or maybe you like to write poetry and prose? Or are you fond of any hand-made?

Surprisingly, in the usual everyday mode, we very often do not have enough free minutes and hours for creative activities. So why not take the opportunity and turn your free time in favor of yourself and self-development?

If there are several hours left before the end of the working day

It happens that you have completed all the work that was planned for today, and there are as many as two or three hours left before the end of the working day. And of course, no boss will let you go home, simply because it is required by the framework of corporate discipline. What to do in this case?

Altruists immediately set out to help others and do their job for a thank you. But in no case should this be done: firstly, your colleagues will quickly “learn” kind soul and begin to use you constantly, which may eventually affect your own professional productivity.
Secondly, you will not receive any material or even moral compensation for this (rather, the boss will be dissatisfied with such actions than treat them commendably and mark you as a potential candidate for promotion).
And thirdly, you yourself will not get anything out of this thankless task - since you have already undertaken to help, it means that you know more than your colleague, and, accordingly, you will not learn anything new at this moment.

Use your free time in a way that will benefit you in some way. If you know or feel you'll be free sooner, pack the parts of your hobby with you to work.

For example, yarn and knitting needles, landscape sheets and pencils for sketching sketches, an organizer for writing a poem or a story.

Do not spend your free time on the Internet, especially on social networks.

They are the real thieves of our time! And you will not find anything useful in them, unless you communicate with your loved ones who are far away from you. However, the Internet is still not the worst pastime, especially if you can learn some useful skills and abilities from it.

How to pass the time at work:

Find an exotic recipe for a family dinner online, make a grocery list and plan cooking after work;
Get creative - write a poem, draw a sketch for a picture, come up with an action-packed line for your future novel;
Turn to hand-made - sewing dolls, felting, modeling, knitting, creating decorations for your home or office. This can bring you not only moral satisfaction, but also income;
Earn money on freelance exchanges on the Internet - this is also useful, especially if you are constantly short of money;
Sketch out a new dress, blouse, or jacket if you know how to sew. Find the appropriate patterns on the Internet and put them in your album;
Exercise - if you monitor your health and body condition, it is useful to do this even during lunch breaks and other "intermissions" at work.

You can do anything - the main thing is that it is pleasant and useful for yourself. Don't let yourself regret later on a fruitless pastime that could have been spent interestingly and productively.

The hospital is hell for hard workers and idlers

Why hell? Yes, because even inveterate loafers, getting into it, begin to love any work. They are ready to do anything to stop the series of these aimlessly lived days. Even experiences before painful procedures recede - so much any person wants to get rid of this terribly monotonous existence as soon as possible.

How can you pass the time in the hospital if you are still far from being discharged?

You can spend time as you like, the main thing is that it does not contradict your indications for treatment and does not harm your health (at least if you want to be discharged as soon as possible).

School and university

The question of how you can pass the time at school or university, at first glance, may seem very strange, because in educational institutions accepted to acquire knowledge. And indeed, it’s better not to lay out threads with beads in front of you - for this you can simply be kicked out of a lesson or lecture.

So if you already think you know everything the teacher is talking about, move on to the next topic and start studying it. Or direct your energy towards preparing for final exams - this way you will not only kill a boring couple, but also save yourself the need to cram in anticipation of tests on sleepless nights.

If you are on the road...

How to pass the time on the train is a rather interesting question. In our age of information, people are accustomed to turning to the Internet to kill outstanding free minutes and hours. There will be a lot of them on the train, but here's the catch - very few vehicles are equipped with WiFi networks. At least in our country.

Before the road, stock up on interesting books or magazines, download a series or a couple of films, buy a licensed game that you have long dreamed of playing. It is pointless and inconvenient to carry tools for your hobby with you, especially if you already have a lot of things in your luggage.

Therefore, it is best to turn to a laptop. Or "swallow" interesting reading.

What to do at home on the weekend?

Of course, weekends are best spent away from home, as they are the only opportunities to "go out". But if the weather is bad, or you don't feel well enough to go for a walk or a party, you should think of an interesting activity for yourself so that your weekend does not go to waste. And it's best to start with a general cleaning. It can turn out to be completely boring, especially if you audit cabinets and pantries.

Disassemble everything unnecessary and send it to the landfill without hesitation. Remember one Eastern wisdom - the new will not come until the old is gone!
Free your home from unnecessary things. Put things in order everywhere, including the most hidden places of the apartment. And only then do wet cleaning - wash windows and floors, clean textiles, wash curtains, vacuum carpets, wipe off dust. You will be much happier to be clean.
How else to kill time at home? Have fun at the computer, watch a soulful movie, read useful book. Take up your hobbies. And if you're really too lazy, take a nap, because a healthy sleep is what each of us so lacks in the hectic everyday life.

And let your time management give you truly juicy fruits!

Have a youtube party: stock up on popcorn and show each other your favorite videos.
Take a ride on the river tram.
Play a board game from your childhood - dominoes or snakes and ladders.
Write an essay on How We Spent Our Summer (and don't show it to your grandmothers. Never).
Feed the ducks and swans in the pond.
Arrange a bike ride to places that are especially dear to you. Show each other where your “place of power” is in this city.
Sign up for a trial martial arts class and spar with each other.
Give each other a massage according to the classic instructions for massage therapists.
Buy indoor flowers and transplant them together.
Arrange a photo shoot for each other.
Cook the things you never have time for. Homemade dumplings, for example.
Stage your alleged first date. Imagine that you just met. (A great excuse to buy a new dress, by the way)
Take a beautiful selfie, post it on Facebook and ask your followers what famous couple you look like. Read, argue and have fun.
Make a romantic video about you. Just on the phone.
Grab a tent and go camping for the weekend.
Walk your dog. If you don’t have one, you can help volunteers from a dog shelter or just a grandmother from a neighboring apartment.
Read your favorite role-playing books.
Cook together a dish that you both have never tried.
19. Buy a map of your city and pretend you are a tourist. Try to get lost and look for the desired route on the map.
Clear your closets and decide which items to donate to those in need and which items to throw away. Agree in advance not to encroach on the sacred - for example, on your favorite kindergarten dress and his patched waders.
Restore any old thing - grandmother's chair, for example. Draw your initials in a secluded place.
Go to the store and try on things that you would never buy yourself.
Watch a horror movie, then cook cocoa, turn off the lights and tell each other horror stories about the Black Hand and the Coffin on Wheels
Paint each other with body paints.
Build something. Flowerbed, sandbox or cat house.
Organize a tournament computer games your childhood. Whose Mario will collect more coins?
Assemble a puzzle of 5000 pieces (before that, stock up on sandwiches and drive the cat out of the room).
Go fishing. Don't forget to bring a bowler hat.
Sign up for dances and go there together.
Help someone. Rescue a homeless kitten or take a package of toys to an orphanage.
Go to a rock festival. Put on some stupid musician t-shirts and pretend you're 15 and have your first love.
Do your own cosmetic repairs in the room.
Have a classic picnic with baskets, a checkered tablecloth and champagne in glass goblets.
Go for a walk and meet someone. Just. A great way to find new mutual friends.
Watch sunrise and sunset together.
Review a famous movie together and come up with a sequel that you would like to make.
Play billiards. On desire.
Sing a duet at karaoke.
Roller skating in the most beautiful park in your city.
Go to the forest for berries or mushrooms.
Try talking only in sign language all day
Buy a ticket to the dolphinarium and swim with dolphins
Play confectioners. Bake a cake and decorate it together
Buy a paper lantern, make a wish and launch it into the sky
Host an evening of childhood memories and tell each other Scary Secrets about my mother's favorite vase, broken by the exact hit of the ball.
Bake fortune cookies. The crazier the predictions, the merrier.
Arrange a street workshop. Teach everyone how to make bird feeders, for example.
Rent a canoe and try to swim to the middle of the pond without falling into the water.
Buy the most delicious alcohol and prepare cocktails for each other according to your own recipe.
Carve a scarecrow out of a pumpkin for Halloween.
Write a funny song to the motive of some solid hit like “Moscow Evenings”
Have breakfast in bed.
Go to the zoo and be sure to buy yourself cotton candy.
Launch a kite. It's not quite as simple as it seems.
Sign up for a role-playing game and turn into your favorite characters.
Go to the water park and ride along the scariest slides.
Spend the whole day at the amusement park.
Rent an ATV or snowmobile and go off-road.
Buy lottery tickets and watch the numbers appear on the screen together.
Play cards not for fun, put some serious prize at stake.
Decorate your apartment for any holiday.
Go horseback riding through the forest.
Drive through the city in the dead of night.
Play in sea battle and in the ballroom. Necessarily on leaves in a box, so as in childhood.
Set up a cinematic marathon. Show each other the most important films.
Go to football. Well, or any other game where you can cheer for the team loudly.
Go to the flea market and look for things that you had as a child.
Take some serious psychological tests together.
Make a bet. The harder it is to win the argument, the more fun.
Book a hotel room and stay just the two of you for a couple of days.
Make a to-do list for the year ahead. You will definitely want to do something right now.
Take a trip to a country or city that is not very popular with tourists. There you will not be distracted from each other by the typical entertainment for vacationers.
Go to the hippodrome and bet money on different horses. Fight and win.
Assemble the puzzle.
Arrange a session of psychoanalysis and tell each other about your phobias.
Draw a family tree.
Go to the cottage and plant an apple tree.
Get out your childhood photos and have an evening of remembrance.
Boil the jam, pour it into small jars and stick labels with your names on them. Give jam to friends.
Try to draw portraits of each other.
Write a letter to the future. Imagine yourself in 10 years - what do you want to say to yourself?
Go in for sports together. A swimming pool or skating rink is best.
Choose some unusual museum and go there early in the morning when no one is around.
Come up with a themed week. Culinary, dance, cinematic - whatever you like best. Dedicate every evening to this activity.
Set up a competition. Who will mix a cocktail faster or who will write a poem on a given topic funnier?
Take a chance! Go skydiving or fly in a hot air balloon.
Invite loved ones to a family dinner and prepare for it together.
Start learning a foreign language together.
Write a picture that you would like to hang in your bedroom. There are many drawing tutorials online.
Go to the spa together.
Choose any room in the house and do a complete rearrangement there.
Write down your plans for the future life together.
Rent a telescope and try to find all the constellations you know.
Take a bubble bath together.
Read the same book and share your impressions.
Go to the village and try on a completely different life. Try milking the cow, lighting the stove and waking up with roosters.
Go to the store and buy gifts for each other. Just.
Poke anywhere on the map near your city and go there by car. There's definitely something interesting in there. Well, or impassable.
Dream aloud. What would you think if you found a magic lamp with a genie?
Have sex. Not the usual way, but the way you haven't tried it yet.

Every person has free time, after school or work, but often it is not spent on something that is beneficial. Therefore, it is important to know for yourself and others. Everyone wants happiness and joy, but no one does anything for this, since free time is mainly spent on laziness or temporary pleasures that only bring harm.

Psychologists in this article will tell you about how to make the most of your free time and through this achieve happiness and success in life. Everyone has their own desires and goals, but they all lead to a feeling of joy and happiness, temporary pleasure. Desires need to be developed, created and achieved, but also be careful with them, as they are realized unexpectedly.

Decide what you want

Those people who waste their free time they just don't know what they really want. After work and school, people mostly waste time for entertainment, watching television programs, but few people spend their free time usefully, to achieve their goals. Because basically, these goals do not exist, or they are so small and do not matter that they do not want to be achieved. So think carefully about what you want, create a big desire to achieve it, and set a big goal to start taking action.

Engage in self-development

Going in for sports, self-knowledge and development, both mental and spiritual, is a very useful pastime, especially in free time. Developing yourself, you become better and begin to ask yourself questions about why you exist, who created you and why. Those who are busy with entertainment simply do not think about it, and as a result, they go through a gray and boring life filled with temporary pleasures that are replaced by suffering. All people need to understand how to believe in themselves and succeed, since it is the lack of faith and self-confidence that hinders the realization of desires and goals.

Start looking for yourself, your happiness and the meaning of life

Life and its meaning is in finding yourself, not the one you see in the mirror every day, but higher power, which is true me that governs your body and mind. The higher mind is you, but it must be sought throughout life, by studying and understanding yourself, spiritual development, meditation. Stop comparing yourself with the biological body, then life will begin to seem much happier, more fun and filled with meaning. Those who seek meaning of life for selfish purposes, it will not be found and achieved, since the meaning is in the consciousness of what is still unknown to anyone.

Just smile and enjoy life

Life is one, and it must be enjoyed, because it is not in vain that we were sent to this world in this body and with our own egoistic needs. This means that we need to live and strive for the highest goals, but in such a way that we ourselves like it and bring happiness and joy. By smiling, you attract many good things into your life that will make your life brighter and happier. Give a smile to others and they will smile back, rejoice in what you already have and try to achieve what you want.

Spend your time the way you want

Your own business as you wish spend and live own life. But in order to live it not in vain, but usefully, you need not only to fill up, become better, achieve goals, enjoy, you also need to learn to realize why we were sent to this world, and for what purpose. After all, if you want to live a bright life with joy and happiness, just change your life and thoughts. Spend your free time learning to manage your thoughts and feelings, as they have natural property be realized. It is thoughts that create our reality, but often we do not pay attention to them. Focus on the good and what you want to achieve. Your thoughts will attract into your life what you most often talk about. thought. Therefore, it is also useful to understand how music makes you feel better, especially if it is your favorite music filled with positivity and joy. Spend your time for happiness, not for temporary pleasure, and then you will live life usefully.

Helpful Hints

IN modern world one feels like a squirrel on a wheel. Many people live by stereotypes and habits that have been established in society.

However, be that as it may, even the busiest person has a little free time during the day.

Have you ever thought about how much interesting things you could do if you used your free time to good use?

Here 10 great ways to spend your free time.

This, of course, sounds strange, but why not? Each person is free to decide what to do and how to spend your free time. However, many of us devote too much time to work, which negatively affects our health and the pace of life in general.

But human body need time to recuperate after physical or mental stress. He can't work hard all the time.

Therefore, allow yourself at least sometimes the so-called "doing nothing", enjoy the feeling of complete physical and mental relaxation. Try not to think about anything. Know that the state of complete frivolity has a healing effect.

Remember! It is quite normal to do nothing when you have free time during the day.

Healthy and full sleep- this is the most useful state that a person needs. Therefore, approximately 30% of a person's entire life is in this state. As numerous studies have shown, it is Most diseases are caused by lack of sleep..

Therefore, for the normal functioning of the body, it is extremely necessary to get enough sleep, which is what you need to do in your free time. In this case, the duration of night sleep should be at least 8 hours. We should not forget about the healing daytime sleep.

Sleep Benefits:

Recuperation
Cell repair nervous systems s
Prevention of diseases such as apathy, depression, chronic fatigue
Strengthening immunity
Speeding up the healing process.

Even short meditation during the day, clearing thoughts and consciousness, may have great importance. After all, it helps to look at the problem from the other side, and, therefore, more competently and solve this or that issue.

It is better to indulge in reflection in a calm and relaxing environment, and not, for example, while driving a car, since in such a situation you need to fully concentrate on the process of driving a car (although if you are a passenger, then you have a great opportunity plunge into the power of fantasy).

Take a short break from work to focus on some nice illusion.

Feel the warmth in your body. Imagine how the oxygen you breathe restores every cell of the body, improving the functioning of the muscular and nervous systems. These thoughts will help restore mental and physical balance.

It should also be noted that positive thinking attracts into our lives auspicious events and changes.

Music - The best way pass the time and feel rush of pleasant emotions. Today electronic technology allow you to listen to music almost anywhere and anytime. If you are one of the passionate music lovers, then do not deprive yourself of pleasure listen to your favorite music.

Such a pastime can inspire and motivate a person to work productively.

Each song or melody carries a certain sign, experience or information. Try listening to the positive vibrations of live music.

By the way, it has long been proven that soft classical music can have a great healing effect on the human mind and body.

Reading books has always been a sensible and rewarding way to spend your free time. The human brain is like a theater, as it is full of numerous thoughts and images. With the help of the book, you can plunge into the world that is described in the story or story. You can feel the atmosphere of the era described in the book.

Besides, reading is a great way to develop your mind, which all successful people know about, in whose life, despite the lack of time, there is always a place to read your favorite book. If you still think that reading is an old-fashioned way of self-development, then you are seriously mistaken.

And do not think that books are too bulky and inconvenient to use, because now almost all phones support applications with which you can read any book, not to mention e-book, which is extremely convenient for reading and storing many books in electronic form.

For a few simple exercises there is always a free moment. This is the best thing you can do for your body.

There are many types of gymnastics. One day you can set aside time for breathing exercises, in the other - gymnastics for the eyes, especially for office workers who spend the whole day at the computer.

Know that exercise increases blood flow to muscles and organs. Even five minutes of exercise will make you feel better and cheer you up.

Sometimes very good to get rid of old stuff and unnecessary, and each of us has a lot of such things.

Putting things in order – great way fight against negative emotions and even depression, as evidenced by numerous studies. Yes, yes, it is the usual housework that helps to distract from obsessive thoughts.

Psychologists say that, parting with old things that remind us of some event (even a joyful and bright one), we say goodbye to the past and thereby open the way to a new bright future.

If you want to not only spend time with benefit, but also get a boost of positive energy, then be sure to organize meeting with friends. A joint walk in the park, a game of volleyball or just friendly gatherings in a cafe will definitely do you good.

It so happened that in the pursuit of wealth and social status, we often forget about ourselves and those little joys that make life more interesting and eventful. But in vain!

Ordinary going to the hairdresser or spa- a great option to relax after a hard week of work. Men won't give up visits to the bath or sauna.

After returning from work and completing the daily chores, we do not have much time before bedtime. It is it that is of great importance, since it belongs only to us. Spending this time on your own interests is important for increasing well-being and self-esteem.

But the reality is that after a long day at work, we feel tired, and all we want to do is relax while watching a TV or YouTube show. In the article, we share ideas on how to spend time after work for the benefit of professional and personal life.

60/30 minute rule

Run a marathon: for 30 days, dedicate 60 minutes to an important or interesting thing, whether it's a professional activity or a hobby. The main task is to achieve at least a little progress in it. If it's unrealistic to set aside one hour a day, try to find at least 30 minutes of uninterrupted practice.

Start by reading

The habit of reading can change your worldview, expand your perception, teach you to think creatively, even if you are far from it.

No matter what you want to achieve in life, knowledge is the key to it, reading is one way to get it. Try not just to read, but to read, find and highlight new ideas in the text. Even if you have half an hour before bed, in a week you can read a small book, thanks to which you will learn new things.

Spend an hour a day studying one topic

Any new knowledge stimulates the brain, which allows you to think flexibly and find innovative solutions. Mastering different skills, getting to know ideas, learning about other cultures can have a positive impact on your view of the world. Learning something new every day is a proven way to ensure career and improve self-esteem.

The calligraphy course Steve Jobs took in college helped build the first Mac. You never know what knowledge will eventually be useful, so there can't be too much of it. Take new offline, online and video courses, sign up for lectures and master classes - replenish your knowledge base in any way possible.

Start blogging

Blogging will help organize your thoughts. When you begin to share knowledge with others, you explore topics of interest in depth and learn to express thoughts more clearly. Thanks to writing, you will learn to perceive and process information faster.

Also, do not forget about the visual side of the issue: if you are attracted to Instagram, you will have to master not only writing skills, but also the art of photography.

Get yourself in shape

Oddly enough, sport helps to restore strength and stimulate brain activity. Stop watching exercises on YouTube already and try doing them. And if you need motivation, sign up for classes with a trainer.

Get off social media

VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are designed so that you stay there for long minutes, and sometimes hours. If you want to make good use of your free time, limit your use social networks. For example, watch feeds at a strictly defined time, set a timer that will “tear you away” from them, or switch your phone to black and white mode.

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