Somehow,some people often find time in a full and busy day to enjoy brainless, enjoyable things like wasting away in front of the TV or the computer. Then, there are those who have yet to find surfing the internet a fascinating and entertaining exercise and never even turn on the TV. I am certain that those people are keeping their brain cells intact by reading intellectual books while the rest of us are letting ours deteriorate in front of one monitor or another stealing valuable time from us. Alot of my web research activity for various bits of knowledge turns into a marathon of facebook viewing or typing e-mails and my intended 5 minute search for a particular bit of info stretches into a much longer period of time. My strong-natured friend, Anne, has figured out that a moment of oogling can develope quickly into an hour of "Googling" so she sets a timer for 15 minutes whenever she sits down in front of her computer. Of course, young children can serve as your timer and until they are tucked into bed for the night there really is no such amount of "free" time unless they aren't home. Another friend of mine, Amy, uses the timer a little differently. She sets it to motivate her to get an unpleasant task done like cleaning the house. It's a race against the timer to clean the floors in less than 15 minutes! You can get a lot more work done and feel the satisfaction of accomplishment if you play the "race the timer" game!
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