wastes of time
Frivolous hour drains
Wastes of time is the plural of waste of time—activities or pursuits that consume time without producing worthwhile results.
The phrase implies frustration or regret: Meetings are such wastes of time.
What counts as a waste of time depends on one's values; one person's waste is another's leisure.
- futilityLack of purpose
- spinning wheelsFiber-twisting textile devices
- going in circlesFutile repetitive motion
- busyworkMeaningless assigned tasks
- busy workUnproductive assigned tasks
inefficiency · catastrophizing · procrastination · analysis paralysis · idleness · dawdling · twiddling thumbs · pointlessness · doomscrolling · rumination · micromanaging · unproductiveness · navel-gazing · purposelessness · wild-goose chases · chasing rainbows · beating a dead horse · overplanning
wastes of timepriorities
Most important things
callings · vocations · passions · labors of love · life's work
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