Describe an activity that you usually do that wastes your time. You should say
- What it is?
- When do you usually do it?
- Why do you do it?
- And explain why you think it wastes your time.
Sample 1 Describe an Activity that You Usually Do that Wastes Your Time
Some activities are unavoidable, even though they consume time. Most house chores like house cleaning, cloth washing, cooking and so on take a lot of time.
Today, I would like to talk about one activity that I consider the biggest time waster, which is Bean picking, that is, the process of separating chaff and stones from beans.
I do this activity at least once a week because beans are my favourite food, and I cannot do without eating for a week. I do this because I do not want to eat stones with beans, as this can be dangerous to my health.
Therefore, I take my time to carefully separate this dirt from the beans because if someone is not patient enough during the process, you might end up adding stones or other particles to the food since some of them are so tiny and difficult to find.
I regard this activity as a waste of time because I spent several minutes on it, which I could have used to do something more productive.
Sample 2 Describe an Activity that You Usually Do that Wastes Your Time
Well, I am very punctual in my time management. This incident was remembered very where because I went to my friend Kushal’s birthday party.
He lives in Mehsana, and I live in Anja. So I catch the bus to reach the destination point. I reached on time. And all friends meat in Tilak restaurant.
Nevertheless, my friend has not come there because the tyre of their vehicle was punctured, so he was approximately one to two hours late, which is why I am very irritated. Furthermore, at that time, my friend and I were decorating the hall and completing some other important work.
After 1 to 2 hours, my friend came to the destination. Then we started the birthday party. I was very happy, but some of my valuable time was wasted due to this reason.
Sample 3: Describe an Activity that You Usually Do that Wastes Your Time
Individuals can’t be productive all day, and everyone wastes their time somehow. People usually watch TV, play video games, or scroll social media. I, too, waste my time scrolling Instagram.
I was not on social media a couple of years ago, but my friend insisted, so I joined. Initially, I only used to follow my relatives, but then I started following actors, art pages, cooking pages, and many more.
I also started watching reels, and it has become my habit to scroll Insta before bed. I do it every day for an hour, and I think it is fun to do it for some time, but I think an hour is too much.
Moreover, I am not learning anything from it. I just do it to relax, but I don’t realize where the time goes, and I sleep late, and my schedule gets disrupted. I want to eliminate this habit of scrolling Instagram before bed.
Part 3 Questions Describe an Activity that You Usually Do that Wastes Your Time
Question 1:- How do you balance work and life?
Answer 1:- I do a few things to maintain a balance between work and life. Firstly, I always have a to-do list for the day and allocate a time frame for all tasks. I write out all my daily routines and other new tasks for the day and plan to achieve them in a way that will not affect my leisure time. Another way I strike a balance is that I do not bite more than I chew. I know my strength and weakness, so I do not do more than my capacity. Finally, I do the right thing at the right time. That is, when it is time for work, I do not engage in any pleasurable activity, and when it is time for family and relaxation, I do not work.
Answer 2:- Well, I am very punctual in time management. When I am working then concentrate on my work very well and try to work completed on time. However, after leaving my job then, I have spent time with my family members. In fact, most of the time, I take dinner with my family members. Furthermore, at night I go outside for a night walk. So I can easily manage both the time.
Answer 3:- 📅 I prefer to plan things, not too much in advance, but I plan my weekly activities to give enough time to my family and work. I also hire a maid for household chores so I can spend more time with my family.
Question 2:- Will you continue doing something when you are aware that it wastes your time?
Answer 1:- It depends on how important the activity is and the goal of performing such activity. If an activity is not important and avoidable, then I will not waste time on it. On the other hand, I will still spend time on important but time-consuming things such as house chores.
Answer 2:- No, I am not continuing work when I am aware that it wastes my time. Because all the things you will buy but time have not to buy with money, in fact, when I became aware, I discontinued nude and focused on my actual work because time is very valuable to me.
Answer 3:- ⏱️ Umm, it depends. If I am doing that activity for a limited amount of time to freshen up, I will continue it because it is said that the time you enjoy doing something is not counted as wasted time. But if it hampers my work or affects my health, I will stop it.
Question 3:- What kind of things make people pressured?
Answer 1:- Different things put people under pressure. Some people are pressured when an activity is time bound, that is if they have a deadline to meet. Therefore they feel pressured. Fast-paced life also makes people pressured because, in this era, everybody is eager to achieve their goals quickly. Moreover, high expectations from society make someone pressured. For example, someone who occupies a vital societal position is expected to perform excellently. Hence, the thought of this usually puts such a person under pressure.
Answer 2:- Generally, people have pressed due to their job or business. Because nowadays people have a heavy workload in a whole day. So sometimes people go to the garden or walk outside of the park to relax their minds, and people can easily focus on their goals.
Answer 3:- 🧘♀️ The most common thing that creates pressure on everyone is either exams or meetings at the workplace. Other things, such as family functions and arranging things quickly, can also create stress. Moreover, nowadays, many people don’t know how to deal with the uncertainty of life, and they tend to put pressure on small things, too.
Question 4:- Why do some people refuse to abide by the rules?
Answer 1:- The reason why some people fail to obey rules is that they have antisocial personalities. That is, they are just non-compliant with laws and regulations in nature. However, some do not comply with regulations because the regulations are against their values and beliefs.
Answer 2:- Individuals refuse to abide by the rules because they need to improve at managing that time. Furthermore, some people need to be made aware of rules management. Rules are very important things for personality management people follow the rules, then they can easily be highlighted in our society.
Answer 3:- 🚦 Some people think that nobody can tell them what to do, and many individuals have the mentality that rules are made to be broken. They get pleasure from breaking rules; their egos boost. It is common in India to break traffic rules as the punishment is not hard enough.
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