I like the initial definition: “Wasting time is doing anything that does not contribute to my goals.” I also like that that suposes that we have goals. The reference to “7 habits” by Covey is a good place to start.

If I am wasting time it is becaue my goals are not clear.

I am on the right track as before reading your blog I recently dusted off my copy of Steven Covey’s book and am listening to his tape in my car.

Time to set goals, break them down into managable tasks and get started.

Thanks.

Thanks so much for this article!

Just found this via StumbleUpon and I must say, it’s a very concise, well-written time management article. I’d love to see more like this from you.

Will try it first of all, then I’ll be back here again.

In the long run it does not matter what you did or did not. You msut be happy doing or not doing what ever you are doing.

As you said, planning and breaking into small targets saves lot of wondering time. Also it gives you some satisfaction at the end of the day, when you look at your task list.

However sometimes it becomes harder to make a plan when all of your projects are stuck due to various reasons and not sure how much time you would spent on researching on each. There also we should create a task list, just to maintain the focus.