How can we get 36 hours a day?

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Do you often hear people say "I really want to have a few more hours a day" or something like this? Of course, in reality, we only have 24 hours a day. Let's say that how people spend the 24 hours is totally different. So far, such a statement has become a cliché, but our 24-hour and Thomas Edison share the same with Mother Theresa, as do oprawinfrey and Bill Gates today. As the old song sang, "It's in the way that you use it .".

But how can we make it more than 24 hours a day?

Impossible? I disagree. We cannot have more than 24 hours of actual time, but it is likely to have more practical time. In fact, for some simple transactions, I think there may be 36 hours of practical time in a day. The following is my "36-hour rule per day ".

This is a time-saving list, which you may have thought of or not. Following some of the rules, you are likely to spend several hours a day. All follow these rules and you will find that the time at hand is quite plentiful. This is an attractive topic, isn't it? The 10 methods here can completely change your life and spare the time you thought you could not save.

"36 hours a day rule 1: Adjust sleep 』
Some people can only go to bed for 3 to 5 hours a day (Really enviable), but others need more than 9 hours to feel well off. Of course, part of the reason is genetic and environmental factors. What I want to say is there is a way for each of us to reduce our sleep while not getting tired. The suggestions are as follows:

Get up regularly every day: I learned this method from Steve Pavlina's great blog. I fell in love with it after a try. This method is simple, as long as your alarm clock starts to sound regularly every morning. When the clock rings, you get up. When you get sleepy at night, you can go to bed. If you are not sleepy, don't go to bed. Steve says this solution can save 10 to 15 hours a week. I think he is correct.

Keep your bedroom quiet and dark: Many people are active in the bedroom, with loud light. Reduce the bedroom volume as much as possible (If your apartment or neighbors are noisy, try an air purifier or a white noise generator ). Gradually reduce or eliminate the light in the bedroom when sleeping (thick curtains or dark materials work well ). Try to take the exciting things (such as TV) out of the bedroom.

Experience NAP (polyphasic sleep): Nap is a way to reduce a day's sleep to 2 to 5 hours. I have never tried, so I don't know if it is feasible, but you can go to Steve's blog to see this unusual but potentially effective sleep method.

Optimized sleep saving time = about 1.5 hours

"36 hours a day rule 2: optimize recipes 』

People spend more energy in digestion and excretion than others. What enters the human body in the form of diet directly affects people's energy and the necessary sleep time. A few years ago I was very fat and absorbed a lot of calories and protein every day. What are the results? I need a lot of sleep. Sometimes it takes 10 to 11 hours to sleep ).

On the contrary, I am more reasonable (and more accurate) to eat vegetables, fruits, cereals, meat and oils. The difference in energy is obvious. I slept less than before. My recipes still need to be improved, but they have changed me every hour of my day.

Reduced Recipe Optimization time = about 1.5 hours

"36 hours a day rule 3: multi-line work 』

Multi-line work, looks very correct. If you can do two things at the same time, you can do more things in one day. But does it have no defects? A lady with a phone call while driving on the road may not be a good example of working on multiple lines.

If you do well, multi-line work is the best way to save time. It is a good way to make a "No worries" activity while making a phone call. For most people, washing clothes and dishes is a kind of activity without thinking. Why does it make a phone call at the same time? Remember, sending and receiving emails and watching TV are not "free of charge" activities. Besides, there is nothing more annoying than making a phone call with an absent-minded guy.

Another method of multi-line work is to integrate exercise into normal activities. To catch up with a friend, use the jogging method and complete the daily exercise. I often stretch out when I am reading or sitting in front of a computer. I have a ball for exercise and play it out when I receive emails. It is a bit BT, but it is very effective for me.

There are thousands of ways they can make you exercise in the Process of daily affairs. This is definitely a good way to improve efficiency and maintain a good shape.

Multi-Line Work Saving time = about 2 hours

"36 hours a day rule 4: Keep yourself organized 』

You really should make yourself organized because it saves time and reduces stress. There are many different methods and strategies in this regard. I found that the best (and I am using it) is the Getting Things Done method of David Allen. GTD is something that needs to be done and remembered to master and manage it. It is very effective because it can free you from messy things, release your "mental memory", give you time to think about more important things, and increase creativity.

David Allen's method is not the only one. Many people use Franklin-Covey, Tony Robbin's life management method, or something else. I don't know which one is the best, but I think we should all adopt this method, things like "Remember to buy toothpaste" won't consume our brain cells.

There are also thousands of methods for GTD. The investment in understanding these methods is worth a lot. You will not only become more active, but also become relaxed and energetic, and then increase the time of one day.

Keep yourself organized and save about 2 hours

"36 hours a day rule 5: Improve typing speed 』

In this computer age, keyboard is the main form of communication. I estimate that one person typing an average of one to two hours a day is an unfounded conjecture. Typing may involve sending emails, chatting, writing memos, and writing reports. Some may have more people, but some may not. Therefore, assume that each person is 1.5 hours.

Assume that you enter 40 words per minute. If you increase the number to 60, the typing time is reduced by 33%. By increasing to 80, 50% is saved every minute. It may save half an hour or even 45 minutes every day. In this way, a year (not a lifetime) can save a huge amount of time.

Surprisingly, on the one hand, we spend money on some useful software at work, on the other hand, many people will not blindly fight. This drove me crazy. The faster the typing, the simpler and clearer the communication. The keyboard enables you to communicate and share with the world.

I strongly recommend that you take some time (several minutes a day) to increase the typing speed. I have used a software typingmaster, and I like it very much. It is easy to use and can even be set to track your real-time typing, so that it will add frequently missed words to special training. This saves time for daily typing training.

Increase the typing speed by about 0.75 hours

"36 hours a day rule 6: improving reading speed 』

Like typing, improving reading speed also increases efficiency and saves time. People are different from people, but on average, we need to read for one or two hours every day. Whether it's Morning Post, email, work-and-study articles, or best-selling books, we need to keep reading this age.

The fact is that most people do not have good reading habits. They read slowly and often read something to understand it. The result is either no longer reading (reading is too slow and cannot comprehend the content will only make you uncomfortable), or spending unnecessary time reading.

Like typing, there are multiple ways to improve reading ability. I will list some methods:

Active reading-one reason for poor reading is that we are completely passive when reading. When the brain is active, it is easier to concentrate and take notes when doing the best. Mark, draw paragraphs, and take notes during reading. You will find that your understanding keeps up with the reading speed (even if you do not mark the time ). Another important role of marking is that you can read it more quickly and efficiently later.

Saving time for improving reading speed = about 0.75 hours

"36 hours a day rule 7: use audio for learning 』

The most important reason for my start to learn from learnoutloud.com is that I firmly believe that the use of audio teaching materials can indeed increase the time. It also makes you feel fun and practical about the inefficient time you 've wasted in the past.

Audio is also a good example of Multiline operations. I listen to audio books or podcasts for several hours every day. I listen when I drive, exercise, or do chores at home. In the past year, I have listened to a large number of books, including the full version of my life (Clinton) and The World Is Flat (Thomas Friedman), which I will never have time to sit down and read. I also attended some meetings through podcast.

Thanks to the iPod and Other MP3 players, otherwise it would be easier to use audio for learning. One thing I like to do is to go out for a run and listen to some Podcast or sound books. This is an exercise for both the body and mind.

I firmly believe that the next few years will be a revolution in audio learning. People spend less and less time reading the information they need. Listening is an excellent way to influence your life.

Time saved by audio learning = about 1.5 hours

"36 hours a day rule 8: Make good use of software 』

Choosing the right software saves a lot of time. Of course, not all software will save you time, some will be very time-consuming, such as mine clearance :) some software can increase a lot of time for you every day, no month, below are the several I found:

Cloudmark spamblocker (or other anti-spam software) is a waste of time to clear spam, so it is worthwhile to use software to clear them. Of course, you can also choose mail systems such as Gmail. Its filtering mechanism is very effective.

In Bloglines (or other RSS aggregation tools), blogs are increasingly becoming the best way to get information. By aggregating, you can easily get the information you subscribe. Bloglines even supports the mobile phone version.

Time saved by making good use of software = about 0.5 hours

"36 hours a day rule 9: watch TV for half 』

Studies have showed that the average TV time is four hours a day. I am busy every day. How can I spend more than four hours watching TV?

I do not deny all TV programs. Some programs can be entertaining, but I cannot understand that a person can spend most of his life, just for things that are meaningless most of the time. I canceled the cable TV service a year and a half ago. Pay attention to what programs you are watching and why? If you watch for four hours a day, it will save two hours by halving. Repeat, I think there are good programs but not so many good ones.

Cut the TV watching time by half = about 2 hours

"36 hours a day rule 9: Ask for help 』

The final rule is to find someone to help you. This is related to your work and income. If you are the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, you can easily find someone to do this without paying for it. But what about other people?

First, people are willing to help you. Don't believe it. If you want to migrate, why not ask a friend for help, which saves a lot of effort.

Another possibility is to help others. For example, if you need a cleaning job, you can find someone who has poor English and needs help as an exchange party to help you clean up. In this way, you save time and benefit the other party, and the result is a win-win situation.

There are many such opportunities as long as you try to find out. Of course, when someone asks for help, they also need help. This is not a problem for saving time, isn't it?

There are also better ways to save time. There are a lot of free services or a small amount of charges on the Internet to help you, technical questions I posted to experts exchange, you will soon get the answer. For non-technical problems, you can find services such as Google Answers, which charges a small amount of money, but you will find that it is worthwhile compared with the time saved.

Of course there are thousands of forums where someone will answer your questions for free.

Saving time for asking for help = about 0.5 hours

By adding up, there may be 12 hours a day. Of course you may have different opinions, but I hope to test it. Time is the most precious commodity on this planet. If you save time in some ways, you can take the time to do other things, which are the most important to you, purposeful and happy things. If everyone does this, it may change the world.

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