Have you ever wondered how much time you spend doing mundane or even unnecessary tasks throughout your life? Would you believe you might spend up to 76 straight days just brushing your teeth if you counted up all the time?. By making just a few minor changes to your daily routine you could get all that time back. See how many of these 10 life hacks you have already mastered and add the ones you didn’t think of to your daily routine to get back all that lost time.
- Brush Your Teeth in the Shower:
- Time Saved: 76 days over 60 years
- Use a waterproof toothbrush with a built-in water flosser for efficient oral care in the shower for extra time savings.
- Listen to Audiobooks,Podcasts,Conference Calls During Commute:
- Time Saved: 457 days over 60 years
- Utilize wireless earbuds and a mobile app to multi task while you commute.
- Batch Cooking and Meal Prepping:
- Time Saved: 379 days over 60 years
- Invest in a slow cooker to prepare large batches of meals, saving time on daily cooking. If you make enough for two dinners you cut your total cooking time in half!
- Wearing Slip-On Shoes:
- Time Saved: 76 days over 60 years
- Choose slip-on sneakers or loafers for a quick and easy footwear choice. Lacing shoes adds up!
- Grooming Tools with Time-Saving Features:
- Time Saved: 76 days over 60 years
- Electric razors cut shaving time by 50% or more.
- Smart Home Technologies for Domestic Duties:
- Time Saved: 152 days over 60 years
- Examples:
- Get an Alexa or other home automation unit, you can spend literally weeks just walking to and from light switches in your lifetime.
- Integrate a Roomba robotic vacuum to free up all that time you currently spend pushing that constantly clogged vacuum around.
- Multitasking While Exercising:
- Time Saved: 342 days over 60 years
- Listen to audiobooks or language lessons while using a stationary bike to combine exercise and learning. Binge watching Netflix or getting your daily news counts as well.
- Efficient Clothing Selection:
- Time Saved: 76 days over 60 years
- Example: Organize your wardrobe for quick and easy outfit choices, and consider avoiding clothes with buttons to streamline your dressing routine, reducing the time spent deciding what to wear each day. If you took 2 minutes to button up a shirt everyday for 60 years you would spend 15 days straight just buttoning your shirt.
- Get Organized:
- Time Saved: Individuals who have a designated place for everything save approximately 10 minutes per day compared to those who spend time looking for things. Over 60 years, this equates to 152 days wandering around asking yourself, “Where did I put that?”
- Change Jobs to Telecommute:
- Time Saved (considering average commuting time): Approximately 3.29 years. Because nobody should have to stop every 2 minutes when the speed limit is 65mph.
If you implemented all of the above changes at the age of 20 you would add over 7 years of quality time back to your life. Now you know!
