5 Habits That Will SAVE Retirees 5+ HOURS a Day
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- This video discusses 5 easy to learn habits that will save retirees five hours a day (or more!) in wasted time in most cases. This is time that can be used toward more fulfilling activities such as spending time with family and friends, pursuing personal passions, following personal investments more closely, or all of the above!
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It's UA-cam that takes up all my time.
I have the TV off most of the time, but that’s cuz I’m on my iPad primarily reading or learning French on DuoLingo, lol 0:01 . When I DO turn on the TV, 90% of the time it’s UA-cam for me too! Right there with you, lol.
😒 Yes,indeed
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@@jamescalifornia2964 One of the few places in the SFV that does NOT flood during rain. Yep. 😉
A time saving habit I have taken up is to look at UA-cam comments instead of sit through the video. Often the comments will quickly give you the gist. Sometimes someone will even be nice enough to create a list with timestamps.
the vid is the main course. the comments is the dessert. we old timers know where to start the meal...
Same here 😂
When I retired I happily smashed my alarm clock and told my kids to not call before 10:30. My intent is to do what makes me happy which means NOT listening to anyone who tells me quit wasting my time. It's my time & I'm wasting it by sitting on the front porch with my husband, drinking coffee & admiring the nature we are surrounded by. You may have perfectly good ideas for someone who likes to have schedules or be efficient & that's great, I'll enjoy "wasting" time!
your front porch is my back deck[ less people that way]. widowed 6 years. happy with stack 0 papers, a dog to chase the squirrels and a lap cat that looks at us like we are crazy for moving out of the sun.
Productivity? In retirement? Ah, no...sounds like the time management systems you hear about during h/r w*rk presentations...I had +50 years of being accountable to employers, family, sporting events, etc. I fly by the seat of my pants during retirement and it's absolutely great 👍.
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I’m retired and wasting time is my pass time 😂 I spent my life managing my time constantly! Now I don’t have too! That’s the point or retirement for me.
It’s a pastime, NOT a PASS TIME!!!!
I couldn’t agree more. I spent 42 yrs on a schedule. Now the only thing I’m committed to is my golf league on Monday mornings here is SO FLA!!
@@tomf9292 So how do you know when to show up on Mondays if there’s NO SCHEDULE??????
Couldn’t agree with you more… I do the same thing.
@@traybernyou put an alert on your cell phone
Just list the 5 things! Watching videos like this and waiting for the core information is exactly what wastes my time.
You need to make your videos at least 8 minutes to monetize as I understand it so . . . .
Jeez, maybe you should cut back on the caffeine a bit? You can speed the videos up to 2X speed, if your life is soooooo busy!
I do not subscribe to any tv channels….not even Netflix……though I always check my favorite UA-cam channels…love Holy Schmidt….!!!73 yrs old and love learning
Being productive gets in the way of my sittin around time.
Exploring habits that can save retirees valuable time is essential for optimizing daily routines. From efficient time management to adopting technological solutions, there are various strategies to reclaim hours each day during retirement.
Absolutely. I've found that embracing digital tools for tasks like bill payments and communication streamlines my daily activities, freeing up significant time. It's about adapting to new habits that align with the convenience offered by technology.
I couldn't agree more. Simplifying household chores through effective organization and automation has been a game-changer for me. Little changes, like creating a weekly schedule, contribute to substantial time savings and allow for more leisure in retirement.
Your approach resonates with my own experience. I've implemented time-saving habits like meal prepping and delegating certain tasks. It not only optimizes my schedule but also adds a sense of balance and relaxation to my retirement routine. Having an advisor is a good idea to add
Precisely someone like Nathan Travis Cook. It's about identifying areas where efficiency can be enhanced. For instance, decluttering and organizing living spaces not only save time searching for things but also contribute to a more serene and enjoyable retirement environment.
I'm intrigued by the idea of time-saving habits for retirees. I will search the designation of this advisor on the web
I just completed 45 minutes of my spanish lessons.
I did my grocery shopping this morning early.
I did laundry and dishes today.
I have a whiteboard with my daily 'list'.
I deleted lots of apps from my phone.
Are you retired, and if so what do you do with the time you have left over? Did you baked some more cookies to maximize your waistline, make some more stuff for the landfill?
Personally, I find the TV concerns to be kind of ridiculous. If I'm at home the TV is probably on. So what? It's just background noise, white noise. Doesn't mean I'm just sitting there glued to it. I'm still doing things around the house. If something of interest comes on I might stop & pay attention. I find it kind of comforting.
Even if you are just glued to the TV, so what, you’re retired.
Do you get out of the house or do you have friends over?
I have a few friends that always have the TV on. It’s background noise they say and I find their attention is divided when I’m over so I really would rather visit them by meeting them in a restaurant or café, because I notice that they are not really paying attention to the conversation if the television is in the background.
I use Google calendar to list tasks or events each day. I keep the tasks to one every day (maybe 2). That's my job in retirement, to be organized 😊😊😊
Hi Geoff,
I actually think you’re up there with the prodigies … you have brilliant videos that help so many people… I know we’re just friends that never met, but I gotta tell you I feel like I’ve known you forever you tell the truth you tell it like it is and you do it in an elegant way and I really appreciate your patience and your professionalism and the way you deliver your information is CLASSIC❤
Setting a timer for 15 or 30 minutes has been a game changer for me on tasks that I don't enjoy.
Not to mention that if you record your shows, you can fast forward through the commercials.
Dear Holly, I have never taken my cell phone to my bedroom. It's always s
Stayed in the living room or office. I never pick up the phone after 9 PM or before 9 AM. It's my time, my privacy. When I go shopping? I know what I'm gonna buy. I buy it and come back. I never forget anything. I've been multi-tasking all my life. I handed everything at the same time, and I got them all done. And then I relaxed the rest of the day.
This!!❤
💯💯💯 he thinks we’re millennials ?? 🤣🤣🤣
What if it’s an emergency? You might want to rethink not answering between nine and nine.
@@spankynater4242 I agree. Geoff is right… family should be able to use the multiple phone calls to get through (and able to call after hours as “favorites”). But that won’t work if the phone is in the other room!
I leave my phone in the living room, an off when I go to bed. I know I can't multitasking, my wife well, lol. We budget shop, an always have a list, in an out quicker. Only get on the phone with coffee in the morning, or FB marketplace, done. You Tube in the evening, an only watch the news an world news on the TV, no more TV for me, its just way to stupid for me, can't stand half the shows, as there mindless dribble, but thats just me. Thx for the vid Geoff
Even with phones, most retirees have all sorts of paperwork stashed and stored in
folders, files, drawers, binders, etc. Then when you are looking for one specific item,
you are taking tons of time looking everywhere for it. I take a couple of hours (focus
time) once a year, and throw out, sort, organize, label, delete, etc.
Oh dear… that’s my problem. 😊
I always have had an annual tabbed folder drawer which have some business related folders and many personal ones for statements, Invoices, etc, I make a mail merge of folder labels which makes it much easier to read and see than hand written. I keep 3 years worth in file drawers that I simply pull out and move to where last years was when it's time. The oldest, 4 year old now gets it's contents moved to a sealed folder box which I found can be much smaller than the ones I used to use 10 plus years ago! Most Statements and Invoices I have saved electronically. I've been getting later each year about printing and sorting which becomes similar to not fully unpacking! . 😊
This also applies to everything around the house too! Clothing, shoes, pantry stuff, garage. Gotta synthesize it all periodically and donate or trash anything that’s just taking up space. I hate useless clutter! Makes it so hard to find anything.
61 years old. I have $295,588.25 in my Fidelity retirement account. I cranked my contributions up to 35% and I do all the investing on my own. Fidelity just holds my ETFs/stocks. I made that change earlier this year. I'm hoping to end the rat race by 60 but it's looking more like 63-ish. I want to have $1.5M and bring in about $60k in dividends each year. Pedal to the floor! Thanks for the video. Great content.
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Geoff, This is so wonderful to hear as I have been doing these five things over the last year since I retired!! I’m sure grateful I’ve been staying with type of lifestyle. Thanks!
Whenever I watch UA-cam, I turn the playback speed to 1.5. I also read the comments as I’m listening. It’s tricky at first but you get use to it and save a lot of time.
?????? Top 5 things I am looking forward to in retirement: spending time with family, travel, reading, political action, and... wasting time.
I guess that You Tube kind of sucks you in like Face Book, which I find similar to quicksand in that the further you go in, the harder it is to get out! I try not to go on FB too often, but I must admit that UA-cam has me watching for longer than TV. There are many educational video's as well as technical ones but it's easy to check out something from the suggestion column that combined can have me watching for way too long!
Have to say, I multitask very well - am female and have been a teacher for 48 years. That’s what we do. 😊
You don’t multitask very well, nobody does. The fact that you think you do is kind of the problem.
Good for you Sabine!
@@spankynater4242 you’re probably not a teacher?😁
@@sabinekoch3448 A teacher would know that nobody can multitask. You can only focus on one thing at a time, that's how the brain works. You might sequential-task in quick order, but anybody can do that.
Here’s another timesaver: Never leave a room in your home for another room, without taking some things with you to put away, throw away, etc.
So glad I never got sucked into fakebook.. however, UA-cam can be a time waster…so what? I’m retired. 😎
The best thing is to just shut down ALL computers. phones, radios, etc for a couple hours a day and pick 1 or 2 little things to do from your to do list. I assure you won't be missing out on anything (FOMO).
Very nice tie today...
I don't watch 4.25 hours of TV per year outside of ice hockey season. Super Bowl tonight? No interest.
Hockey is USELESS.
UA-cam is my biggest time-suck and my biggest rabbit hole.
To live with constraints can be very stressful. The great thing about being retired is that one is no longer a slave to the system. I can get up and go to bed as I please. I do not have to rush to get to work on time. I generally make late appointment times so I can take my time. No constraints thank you for me, I enjoy my freedom too much.
Good advice. Thanks!
OMG how true is all this thanks I will follow and get my time back for things I really want to do
Always great videos.
Thanks.
You bet.
THIS one SUCKS!!! NO ONE goes grocery shopping for TWO HOURS EVERY GODDAM DAY!!!!
@@HolySchmidtWHO goes grocery shopping for TWO hours EVERY GODDAM DAY????
You seem angry. Are you upset with the outcome of the Super Bowl. I go shopping routinely so I can get fresh low sodium deli meat for my kitties. @@traybern
Reached for my phone on the night stand and watched this video on wasting time.
Love this video. I set my phone on focus mode.
Nice job
Love your eclipse tie😂
Jeff while listening to this I decided to check my bank account and kept messing it up and wasted at least 20 minutes re listening and then trying to buy sight seeing tickets…it’s very true. We can’t multitask. 😂😂
Oh no, I unpacked first thing when I walk in the door. 🚪 😊
Oh, i have to unpack and start laundry the second i bring my suitcase in. Mine will never sit there unpacked.
Me too! Everything has to go back in its place and laundry has to be started. 😊😊😊
Hey, where’s the Michigan football helmet? ;-) Go Blue!
Efficiency matters, but don't overlook retirement planning. Allocate time for activities that enrich your retirement years.
These are good. Not 5 hours good for me, but good. I'd add - don't configure your phone to make noises or vibrate. Pick a time each day, maybe twice a day, to return text messages. Unless you're waiting for the food delivery guy, or a planned called from family, there's no reason to answer a phone. Don't watch the news, don't EVER allow push notifications, and send every email that isn't from friends or about a business transaction to spam. Check email once a day, at most. Being less connected is a choice that brings freedom, peace, and reduced stress. One of the advantages of being older is that you really don't have to do anything at any specific time that you don't want to. Let people schedule around your life, not the other way around. If they matter, they'll wait, if they won't, they really don't matter.
Sagely advice
You don’t answer calls but have scheduled time for returning calls. What if the other person has the same system ie doesn’t answer any calls?
@@gauravipal5691 Easy! We quickly switch to text or email and schedule a time when it's good for both of us to talk. But more often than not, the return system avoids the need for a phone call entirely, and we settle whatever it is via text or it's an unimportant call anyway, such as a sales call.
I learned awhile back to put my cell phone across the room. My hearing is not as good as it once was, so in need it in the same room, just not by the bed.
Retired IT Managing Director. I’m good. No thanks.
Thank you. This information should help me find time to work on the book that I am writing. My biggest time-suck is UA-cam videos -- incipient videos, not informative ones such as yours.
Go get ‘em!
I appreciate your brevity. I decided a while ago not to watch any UA-cam video that was more than 10 minutes. I make a list of things that need to be done but I do not give myself a timeline to finish it. I'll get to it when I feel like it.
I don't take vacations anymore - i just retire at a different location temporarily.
Go back to work. Volunteer for a cause. Have a purpose to help the world. Retirees have become the most centered individuals What happened to our generation who was going make the world better in the 60’s.
Nope. Worked hard, got an education, got and stayed married, paid my bills, paid taxes, raised my kids to not be bums, lived below means, attended my church...the world revolved around others. Untill very recently. If I am self centered, well I guess I earned it.
Mortality tables say 17 some odd years and I am going to enjoy them to the max on our terms for a change. I'm good.
Yes. Self centered. That’s exactly what I’m going for in my retirement. I spent 40 years being the employee, the worker, the business owner, the chief maid, the accountant, the laundress, the cook, the decorator, Santa Claus, the dog walker, the wing beneath his wings.
It’s now all about me. If I spend a day volunteering to walk dogs, it’s because it’s what I feel like doing. Not because I owe anyone anything. Not a thing,
I owe me now.
It seems like if you’re retired, you have nothing but time. Why the stress to save five hours a day?
You can never have too much health, money or time.
Unfortunately, no one is going to live forever.
It might as well have more time to do fun things such as hobbies
Oh well interesting. I found a couple of things that were helpful. For sure. Lucky me that. I never used the TV in my whole entire life nor did my partner - never had one isn’t that odd? We are in our 80s.!!!
What is out of coffee? How could that happen
I’m in my mid 40s and do not like watching tv. I would rather do anything other than watch tv. Unless there is a particular movie I’m interested in watching then I don’t mind sitting down for a couple of hours with some popcorn.
My DH on the other hand spent his entire weekend in front of a screen watching something, movies, UA-cam, surfing cable channels. This has been going on for a few years and each day I’m waiting for him to say “I watched everything out there, there’s nothing else to watch”. and turn that darn thing off and go do something he would like to do. This will probably never happen.
Do you live with a spouse that watches tv all the time? What’s your story?
Hey what happen to your Michigan helmet? Go Blue!!
I wait until my lunch break to check UA-cam.
Does tv time include sleep watching? If I add my UA-cam watching, my total time daily is probably 8-10 hrs and more on the weekend. Working two jobs leaves me an exhausted potato.🥔 😢🛌
An accountant knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
Nothing but MONEY!!!!!
I use my phone to listen to music as I sleep because my husband snores. I also use it as my alarm 😊
If you watch UA-cam on your TV as much as you watch “TV”, does that count as “TV time”? ;-)
Hmm... this looks like a Zen koan.
I don't think that too little time is the problem of most retirees 😂
Quality not quantity :)
But I’d rather spend more of my time on hobbies or socializing than watching too much Facebook for example.
My phone is near my bed but it's turned off.
I just saved myself 8 minutes and 14 seconds!
Don't this tips apply to everyone? Why just retirees?
My phone chirps from time to time. But nothing is happening. What the heck is that?
WHO comes home from vacation EVERY PHUCKING DAY????
Thank you il move the phone to another room
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Turn off notifications! My phone rings for a call and notifies me of a calendar item -- that's it. Unsubscribe from advertising or any newsletters you immediately delete. Pare down your UA-cam list.
From the title, I thought this was a comedy video. Retirees don’t need to save any hours. They already have plenty of free time.
retirement is about wasting time LOL.
Get rid of everybody
Funny... I got a NOTIFICATION about this video.
nice wig
Don’t do all these things on my phone. iPad is actually the time suck - but I like to learn and watch You Tube videos that help with that but I don’t watch videos that are over 30 minutes long - that is a time waster to me as much of the video is rambling. Do have to pay attention to this time waster.
...spend less time listening to someone tell me common sense things...