You’ve probably heard the 80/20 rule in business – 20% of your clients create 80% of your revenue and hence majority of your profits.

What if we applied the 80/20 rule to a different application. That being 80% of your enjoyment or happiest hours come from 20% of your time. 

If I consider my time each week and think about when I’m getting the most satisfaction or enjoyment out of my time it’s not when I’m at work. Not that I don’t appreciate my job.

If you spend 5.5 days a week working then that’s pretty close to 80% of your week.

I get most of my enjoyment when I’m doing something for my own beneficial outcome, creating a result that has that “Hey not bad, I did that myself ” satisfaction. Whatever it is – painting, building something, looking after your garden, figuring out that puzzle, just reading a great book, hanging out with your family, taking time out for a walk along the beach or working on that sought after skill.

Even just lying on the couch watching a show on a Sunday arvo hits the spot – gotta have some down time!

Question ?

If I enjoy doing all these things so much then why not spend more time on them?

For a lot of us, it’s not that easy when you’re at that stage of life when your commitments dictate your allocation of time. Though for some the opportunity very much exists.

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Midnight Oil has a song called “Some Kids” and the chorus goes “Some kids have no time for playtime. Some kids have no time for games”.  Which sums it up  (I’m just an ageing kid at heart). Many people just don’t allow themselves much time for the fun things and I’m probably one of them!

So back to my question on getting more playtime.

Isn’t the real question “Is that extra 10% effort that I spend in the 80% portion of my time, really worth all that extra effort for little gain? And if we’re being honest with ourselves it never will.

What if I concentrated the extra effort in seeking more of the 20% of the fun equation?

What if we broke a few bad habits (which it mainly is) and made an effort to work towards a split more like 70/30 or better still 60/40?

That is a value proposition that’s worth applying and guaranteed will give a greater return on the time invested!

I think that’s my New Years resolution.

As always – thanks for reading. RD