Modern life and work is so full of distractions it can be hard to get anything done. A ‘Shultz hour’ might help, says expert Cassie Holmes.
This is modern life: desperately trying to wade through a sea of distractions and interruptions, with no time to justAnd that’s a crying shame, because – as obvious as it may sound – we really need the time and space to ponder, process and mull. It’s when we’re ableAs much as we might like to sack off all responsibilities and have endless hours to let our minds drift, we know that’s not a realistic option . What might be a good solution, then, is a ‘Shultz hour’.
Cassie Holmes is a professor of marketing and behavioural decision-making at UCLA, and she’s done extensive research into time and happiness. She’s a big proponent of us all having a regular ‘Shultz hour’.Happier Hour: How To Spend Your Time For A Better, More Meaningful Life . “Put your phone away out of sight, log out of email, you might even consider stepping away from the computer altogether and getting outside so you don’t get tempted to react to seemingly pressing tasks.”
“It’s crucial in our hectic, harried lives to carve out time to think,” Holmes tells us. “In the hurry, all we can manage is to take in information and react to immediate urgencies. However, we need to protect time to then process that information and strategise for the bigger questions at hand. We need this time to shift from being reactive in our thinking and behaviour to becoming proactive. ”
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