Wasted time

I feel like I've become overly sensitive to wasted time. I mean, "wasted time" in the context of doing nothing other than hanging out with your friends or your family, or doing anything leisure related, is fine. That's not really wasting time. I'm talking about wasting time at work, or with more mundane stuff that you just have to get out of the way.

I guess you could spin this in a more positive way, and say that I'm actually sensitive to efficiency. There are instances of inefficiency that I encounter all of the time, and it's kind of annoying. Sometimes it's silly small stuff, like the way they staff checkouts at the grocery store. Other times, it's just the way you have to go about paying a bill online. Anything that creates a barrier to spending more time doing the leisure stuff, "good time wasting," kinda gets on my nerves.

Naturally, I encounter this kind of thing at work, too. I've recently come to know people who double and triple book meetings, and go to one if they feel like it. Really? If a meeting isn't important enough to go to, why would you accept the invitation? That's asinine. It's also disrespectful to the people asking you for your time. A lot of people involved with building software simply don't question whether or not the thing they're doing, right now, is time wasted. It's remarkable how many things one might do in a day that will never manifest value.

Your time on the planet is finite. So is everyone else's. Don't get in the way by being a part of inefficient processes. It'll take that much longer to get to stuff that really matters. Like basket weaving, dancing, volleyball, and playing with your kids.