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(2023·湖北省武汉市高二校联考)Wasted--time worry
The idea that time is our most precious resource can bring with us a sense of time-pressure.
We are always told "Time is money and time is running out",so we must manage it well.We take
time-management courses,download the latest productivity app and divide our day into blocks,so
our time is never wasted.
1.It tells us we should be doing more with our time or doing something else.We can
spend an afternoon regretting for the time we wasted that morning,spoiling hours that would
otherwise have been available to us.Sometimes it's not just the hours we worry about wasting.
2一the countless minutes spent on tiny chores(杂务),answering emails,.replying to texts,.
waiting for other people.Often,when we worry about wasting time,we are comparing ourselves to
how productive we assume other people are.It makes us feel that everyone is using their time well
except ourselves.
We need to shift away from trying to maximize our time and reduce our worry about wasting
it.We don't have to view every moment we don't spend the way we expected to as a waste.There
may be value in those moments too.3 In a society that emphasizes the productive use of time,
we can easily forget that time we enjoyed wasting is not wasted time.
Then how much should we be working?Researchers say on most days,three to four hours of
high-quality,focused mental work is about our maximum.4.
We often encounter empty time,throwing us into boredom,panic or anxiety,or adding to our
wasted-time worry.5.For example,we can become more comfortable with empty moments
rather than rushing to make the best of every second.We can allow us to pause and think.We can
see our commuting time as a chance to let our mind wander rather than checking social media.
A.Working beyond that can be a waste
B.Working to maximum is the secret to success
C.but the scraps of time that get lost in between
D.We can simply apprecia