Every Monday I get a notification on my phone which tells me how much screen time I have had the previous week. Today I was glad it was down but it is still an average of 2 hours 16 minutes per day. I looked into this further and was totally shocked to find I spent a total of 4 hours and 50 minutes on Facebook last week!
Apart from wishing a few people happy birthday and liking friends posts of dog walks, holidays and days out this also consisted of:
I ask myself what value has this added to my life?
Maybe a quick 10 minutes per day to check in to wish someone I like happy birthday or find out where my running group is meeting is necessary but certainly not nearly 5 hours of my time in a week!!
I know I just do this as a habit and I actually know it is not adding any value to my life but I keep doing it anyway. Taking a step back every now and again to question the things we do every day is always helpful. Unfortunately, we don’t always have a phone to highlight the problem and get us to notice we need to change.
Coaching can be a great way of helping us to identify the things we do day-to-day which take up lots of our time and energy but actually add very little value. I offer workplace coaching to help individuals:
It is amazing to see someone make changes they never thought they would and for them to tell me that coaching played a big part in those actions.
If you would like to find out more about workplace coaching please get in touch [email protected]
I have now set a daily Facebook limit on my phone!
Apart from wishing a few people happy birthday and liking friends posts of dog walks, holidays and days out this also consisted of:
- Looking at things people are selling (generally a lot of rubbish!)
- Looking at photos of jewellery and bags I can’t afford
- Reading news about people I don’t know
- Looking at friend suggestions of people who are not my friends
- Watching videos on life hacks – how to fold clothes, how to plumb in a washing machine, how to save space in my freezer (OMG Make is stop!)
I ask myself what value has this added to my life?
Maybe a quick 10 minutes per day to check in to wish someone I like happy birthday or find out where my running group is meeting is necessary but certainly not nearly 5 hours of my time in a week!!
I know I just do this as a habit and I actually know it is not adding any value to my life but I keep doing it anyway. Taking a step back every now and again to question the things we do every day is always helpful. Unfortunately, we don’t always have a phone to highlight the problem and get us to notice we need to change.
Coaching can be a great way of helping us to identify the things we do day-to-day which take up lots of our time and energy but actually add very little value. I offer workplace coaching to help individuals:
- Set goals that will really make a difference to their work life
- Work out what is going on just now and what needs to change
- Come up with a plan of the actions necessary to make the change
- Understand what may hold a person back in taking the action
- Hold them accountable for what they said they would do
It is amazing to see someone make changes they never thought they would and for them to tell me that coaching played a big part in those actions.
If you would like to find out more about workplace coaching please get in touch [email protected]
I have now set a daily Facebook limit on my phone!
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