20 Time-Saving Things We Do (That Don't Save Time)

You’re late! Quick! Do one of these things that doesn’t help at all!
20 Time-Saving Things We Do (That Don't Save Time)

So many people get stuck working on unimportant projects. We all spend a bit of time each morning reassuring ourselves that perhaps the initiatives you've taken on will positively impact the world in some major way. Then maybe you prioritize your projects so that the most important tasks get your time.

Everyone's in a rush, literally all the time. The thing is, there are things we do that make us feel like we're saving time, that absolutely do not save us a nanosecond. We realize this, and yet we do them anyway.

It turns out the reaper is heading unerringly for all of us and he cares not whether we park in reverse to save time pulling out, or even get super tactical and use our dishwasher's ‘quick wash’ feature. Nay--the sands of our lives drain ceaselessly through the hour glass of our lives, and no life hacker article can slow their passage or give us back our time.  With that said, some of this stuff is just plain dumb.

Things like ...

0 always park my car backwards So 0 can 'save time when 0 take it out Of the parking space. However: The time it The time it takes for takes for me t
I always think I'll save time by using the quick wash option on my dishwasher... start delay start 1 Srlned 30 dry Quick Wash ...but I end up spending
CRACKED COM I have realized that switching queues in a grocery store in an attempt to get to the cashier faster often results in the queue I just left
20 Time-Saving Things We Do (That Don't Save Time)
I keep all my files Cat Pictures House Cats strictly organized Big Cats Cats SO I Exotic can narrow Beautiful Cats down exactly what Funny Cats Lions
When I get home, I rush through the gate and push it hard as I keep walking, hoping it will latch. Of course, this never works and I have to go back a
my alarm was making snooring me late to work SO I started setting my alarm to the exact time I need to 7:00 get up... Aom but then I hit snooze anyway
After washing socks, 0 hang them on the rack In pairs. As though it takes less time to sort them when they're wet than when they're dry. CRACKEDGOM
I often do important tasks while on the subway train. Then I get absorbed in them and end CRACKED.COM up missing my station.
To save time on cleaning, bought a robot vacuum., Do before vacuuulming. Now I Pick up everything that can possibly get stuck in robot spend causing i
I spend tons of My Front Page time developing Premium playlists of the Favorites podcasts that Saved listen Episodes I to, SO just culture I pop can h
Asking a smart device a question instead of typing into a search engine. I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. By the third time I asked Alexa how to boil a
O take grocery bags from the car to the house in one trip. Even though that means E waste time stacking them up and that I'm much slower when I carry
CRACKED CO COM LLM If I'm in a hurry, always go with the drive-thru instead of going inside, even when I see a line of cars circling the building.
I tend to do multiple tasks at once despite knowing that the quality of the end result will be subpar. Because of that, I always end up spending more
CRACKED COM I'LL SPEND 10 MINUTES CIRCLING A PARKING LOT LOOKING FOR THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE PARKING SPOT. ALMOST EVERY TIME, IT WOULD BE FASTER TO PARK
I take the route to work with 5 traffic lights instead of 3 stop signs, because if I hit them all green I save 4 minutes. This has happened twice. For
When pumping gas, I'Il do those short squeezes toward the end so I land on a nice round dollar amount. That way balancing my checkbook will go quicker
CRACKED.GOM WHENI'M RUNNING SHORTON TIME, LL BRUSHI IN THE SHOWER. BUT THEN 1 WIND UP STAYINGIN THE SHOWER LONGER, AND GETING LESS CLEAN.
I move eVeRY CLOCK I HAVE ABOUT TEn minutes FORWARD, So I WILL HAVE A HEAD START FOR eveRY TASK... 12 11 10 2 8 7 5 6 BUT THEN I ALWAYS ACT WITHOUT HU
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