Free Time make Up

Using free time productively can help you to overcome the inability to relax because you're scared of "just doing nothing". And ultimately, using free time in a way that feels beneficial to you will ensure that you feel well-rounded, engaged fully in life, and very much a productive human being.

• Planning
• Stress Release
• Explore
• Media Usage
• Volunteer
• Spirituality

PLANNING

 Simply expecting free time to turn productive, creative, or fulfilling won't bring it about because you haven't thought about the process needed to fill that time effectively.Write down a list of the things you'd like to be doing in your free time. You can rank it any way you like, or treat everything as equally important on it; that's up to you.

STRESS RELEASE

If you want your free time to be truly useful, don't allow non-free time things to bleed into it. The reason for this is that your free time is needed to refresh you and improve your energy, your creativity, and your sense of self.

EXPLORE

Try new things that you've always wanted to try but make excuses for not doing, including by saying you haven't "got the time" – use your free time! 

MEDIA USAGE
Turn off the TV and leave it out of your free time. Think about creative ways to use media in your free time instead.

The Internet allows us to be in charge of the input that is circulated through media, providing you with ample opportunities for turning your free time into a useful means for getting out creative, practical, or informative messages that you'd like to share with the world.

VOLUNTEERSearch for volunteer opportunities through asking people you know who already volunteer, by searching online or in the volunteer pages, or asking people who work in places you'd like to volunteer for.

Whatever your level of experience, there is likely to be a volunteer opportunity for you and with time, you can build knowledge,expertise, and reputation through volunteering and find it becomes an incredibly fulfilling experience that helps many others.

SPIRITUALITY
Free time is the perfect time for all things spiritual because you give yourself the space to unwind, reflect, and think about the bigger picture and life's purpose.

Learn to meditate. Sit quietly for 20 minutes and breathe naturally. Count your breaths, upto 10, then start over again. The idea is to have something on which to focus, so that you stay holistically present and don't drift off mentally (which you will tend to do, by the way!). Centering prayer uses similar methods in a Christian context. After several weeks of daily prayer or prayer, you may begin to notice positive results in your life: more calmness, better concentration, more focus, more understanding of how negative the usual mental chatter can be.