The XM ChallengeWasting time is not a waste – The XM Challenge https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 Wasting time is not a waste https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=361 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=361#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:40:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/2011/08/14/wasting-time-is-not-a-waste/

Lots of activities feel like wasted time. Maybe this is one reason I sometimes struggle to take a sabbath (one day out of seven) rest? Do I feel it will be wasted time. I lovemy work. I long to see better results. I find that when I force myself to quit working for a rest day I look forward to Mondays. In a sense I dread the end of the week, because I love my work so much. But I love the week-ends too, and I love Mondays. Sabbath rest days are one of the keys to a winning rhythm of life.


Some of the ways I feel like I waste time, but which are really import in the bigger picture:
  • Driving long distances.
  • Down time.
  • Family time.
  • Quiet time.
  • Researching new ways to do things. (A lot of these do not work).
  • Going slowly to understand how to do things right. (I always hope this will get fast with time).
  • Reading a novel.
  • Days off.
  • Listening instead of talking.
  • Sabbath rest days

Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. Mark 2:27, NLT

Rick.
In fact, wasting time is a key part of our lives.
Wasting time poorly is a sin, because not only are you forgoing the productivity, generosity and art that comes from work, but you’re also giving up the downtime, experimentation and joy that comes from wasting time.
If you’re going to waste time (and I hope you will) the least you can do is do it well.
Godin, Seth, “Seth’s Blog : Wasting time is not a waste” Email to RBergen, August 12, 2012
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