Write today about every way in which you are going to waste your time in the week ahead. Mind you, the term “wasting time” is only as positive or negative or neutral of a phrase as you (attach meaning and socialization to it and) make it, so think big. You might grumble that commuting is a waste of your time because you prefer to work at home. But you might also blissfully delight in knowing you’re planning to lay in a field with a puppy and look at clouds for a hour at some point this week and you feel great about it. Be all over the map. But get those time-wasters down on paper.
Then, of course, you will have options: you could then turn this writing into an essay about the idea of wasting time or about one of your time-wasters, you could make changes and eradicate the stuff you identify as crap you don’t want to spend time on anymore, invite more time-wasters into your life, and so on. Either way, you’re going to have some decisions to make at the end of this. And that’s great.