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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
If someone asked where all your free time goes…
What would you say?
Most of us would probably answer:
“I’ve no idea.”
One minute it’s Saturday morning.
The next thing you know it’s Sunday evening and you’re wondering where the weekend disappeared to.
It turns out work isn’t always the biggest thief of our time.
Here are a few other things many of us spend far longer doing than we’d ever admit.
Looking For Things We’ve Just Put Down
Your phone.
Your glasses.
The TV remote.
The car keys.
They’re always somewhere “safe.”
Unfortunately, none of us can remember where that safe place is.
Some people even use the torch on their phone to look for… their phone.
Deciding What To Watch
Streaming has given us thousands of programmes.
Which is brilliant.
Until Friday night arrives.
You spend 40 minutes scrolling.
Watch three trailers.
Add five shows to your watchlist.
Then end up watching Only Fools and Horses again.
Waiting For Something To Load
The internet is faster than ever.
Yet somehow we’re still waiting.
Updates.
Downloads.
Websites.
Apps.
We’ve become so used to instant results that waiting five seconds now feels like a personal insult.
Reading Reviews
Need a new kettle?
Simple.
Except now you’re reading 427 reviews.
One person says it’s life-changing.
Another says it exploded after two days.
Half an hour later you’re even less certain than when you started.
Looking At Your Phone “For Five Minutes”
We’ve all done it.
You pick up your phone to check the weather.
Forty-five minutes later you’re watching a video about restoring Victorian fireplaces.
How did that happen?
Nobody knows.
Choosing Something To Eat
You stand in front of the fridge.
Nothing.
Open the cupboard.
Nothing.
Back to the fridge.
Still nothing.
Eventually you eat cheese on toast because the decision-making process has become too exhausting.
Untangling Cables
Every home has a drawer.
Inside that drawer is a tangled collection of charging cables, HDMI leads and mystery wires from devices that disappeared years ago.
Nobody knows how they become so tangled.
Scientists may never solve it.
Waiting For Customer Service
“Your call is important to us.”
If that’s true…
Why have we been listening to the same 18 seconds of hold music for the last 37 minutes?
Modern technology can do incredible things.
Apparently answering the phone isn’t one of them.
Finding A Parking Space
You arrive.
Every space is taken.
Someone looks like they’re leaving.
They’re not.
They’re checking messages.
Eventually you park at the opposite end of the car park and wonder why you didn’t do that in the first place.
Trying To Remember A Name
You know them.
You’ve met dozens of times.
You can remember:
where they work
what car they drive
their dog’s name
But their actual name?
Gone.
It’ll come back to you.
Usually three hours later.
Filling In Online Forms
Why does every website need to know absolutely everything?
Name.
Address.
Date of birth.
Favourite colour.
Then, just as you finish…
“This session has timed out.”
Back to the beginning.
Looking For A Matching Lid
Every kitchen has a cupboard full of food containers.
Finding the container?
Easy.
Finding the correct lid?
That’s an entirely different challenge.
Somewhere, there’s probably a secret society where all the missing lids meet.
Wondering Where The Day Went
Perhaps this is the biggest one of all.
Life feels busier than ever.
Yet many of the things that fill our days aren’t especially important.
Tiny jobs.
Small distractions.
Little interruptions.
They all add up.
Time Well Spent
Of course, not every minute has to be productive.
Watching a favourite film.
Meeting friends.
Listening to music.
Enjoying a barbecue.
Taking the dog for a walk.
Those moments matter too.
Maybe the trick isn’t trying to squeeze more into every day.
Maybe it’s simply spending a little less time scrolling…
…and a little more time doing the things we’ll actually remember.
Although we’re still going to spend ten minutes looking for the TV remote.
That’s probably unavoidable.
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