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5 easy ways to to STOP wasting time after work

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Wellness and Self-Improvement

Key strategies to stop wasting time after work (wellness + productivity)

1) Reframe what “off work” means (psychological direction)

  • Don’t treat home time as “time to recuperate from a job you hate.”
  • Realize every moment you’re not focused on your preferred direction is still moving your life toward the job you don’t like.
  • Think like a “psychological oil tanker”:
    • Your life moves toward whatever you consistently focus on, moment by moment.

2) Change the energy question: “I’m out of battery” → “What do I have energy for?”

  • Replace draining autopilot thoughts (“I have no energy, so I’ll scroll/watch/play games”) with:
    • “What do I have energy for?”
  • Choose actions that match your energy level and rebuild it gradually, such as:
    • Bath / downtime that restores you
    • Meditation
    • Rest or even napping (presented as not wasted if it restores you)

3) Build energy with active relaxation (not distraction)

  • Distinguish:
    • Active relaxation (restoring): e.g., sauna, gym, personal relaxation practices
    • Distraction (depleting): mindless low-level activities that keep you at a low battery
  • After relaxation, “power up” again by choosing what increases your energy rather than what merely numbs you.

4) Create urgency using stoic reminders (reduce procrastination)

  • Meditate on how limited and short life is.
  • Use that awareness to break the illusion that your current time-wasting routine will last forever.
  • Identify moments where you thought: “I wish I took a different direction” and then act:
    • “I’ve wasted enough time. I can’t do this anymore.”

5) Remove inefficiencies: autopilot what you’ve mastered + streamline tasks

  • Lack of “grand vision” is treated as a key reason people accept draining routines.
  • Counter it by:
    • Writing out how exciting your life could be (future excitement to motivate present action)
    • Autopilot mastered activities so you stop spending mental energy deciding what to do
  • Increase free time by streamlining one activity immediately:
    • Example given: meal prep
    • Homework: identify one streamlining opportunity and start simplifying it right away.
  • Principle: once you create more capacity, your mind naturally fills the “vacuum” with better-aligned activities.

Presenters / sources

  • Presenter: “Mile” (referred to as “by Mile”)
  • Named source/promoter mentioned: Jordan Shanks (seminars / prompts / videos)
  • Additional referenced creator: Friendly Jordies (used as an example)

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