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I didn’t even know what I was doing. I’d sat there looking at something and nothing as if a trance. I guess if I was observed by someone via remote camera it would be a trend they noticed all day long. Well, patches of being cognisant while others times some kind of zombie-like character who has drifted off the set of The Walking Dead. ‘There he is, again, looking in the fridge, dreaming about at a slab of luncheon meat sitting on a plate.’

To be fair I hadn’t heard of the term Junk Hours until watching a YouTube video from Brian Moncada, and his Adman Mastermind, which he held a Miami Florida. It was actually made in reference to runners who do, as they call them, junk miles. In essence, running miles with no particular reason or significance. It has been proven that the performance doesn’t improve running ‘junk miles’ it’s just something runners do. However, not only is it a waste of time and unproductive it can lead to unnecessary injury.

It’s worth noting it you have ever said: ‘I’m not sure what I was doing all day.’

Even very successful business people find they are victim to junk hours. They just morph into a half productive day which could be much better spent.

I have found myself doing the same when gambling. Not just gambling, but preparation for the day ahead. Thinking I should do this or that and find I’m daydreaming about something. One of the best ways to counter junk hours is to plan your day ahead. It is easy to consider that the here and now doesn’t need to be planned as if, somehow, next week is more important. Perhaps that how the junk hours work. I guess its more of a junk mind which needs some direction. When you consider that most of our life is about all these small ‘mundane’ things we need to realise that they actually equate to the majority of our life. Without realising it, we may be wasting 80% of our time because we hadn’t really thought too much about what we were doing. Just think if everything we did was so unproductive that it took two minutes rather than one. A small action would result in half of our day wasted. It’s a scary thought, this not thinking.

It’s interesting how some people have found it is even beneficial to plan their days off. You kind of think a day off should be about forgetting about the clock or planning like you have some kind of checklist. However, there is research to suggest that you have a much better day when you do actually plan it to the point of no return. From waking up and hour by hour thereafter. If it puts a smile on your face then why not give it a try.

There are lots of posts on the internet about junk miles questioning its validity. However, I can see it is relevant to my life (well, junk hours, as I don’t do any running these days). If we plan our day it could be possible to work half of the time and get as much done or even be more productive. We wouldn’t be saying: ‘I’ve been working 16 hours and then sleep 8 each night.’

‘Boy’ do I work hard?’

‘Actually, no. You’re the equivalent to a zombie extra on some b-list movie. You can’t remember gnawing on someone’s skull for five hours flat, but we have it all on film.’

We all know we are not productive when tired.

There I am in bed reading my favourite gambling book and very sleepy. I’ve had some nights where I’ve read that same sentence 50 times and still not got to the end. I close the book in exhaustion and went to sleep.

If that can happen when I’m in junk mode what’s happening the rest of the day?

I’m sure if someone videoed us in our working day and analysed it (a nice written report) we wouldn’t quite believe what our day’s work amounts to or looks like. For many, if not most, it wouldn’t amount to much. From my assessment of the junk hours I really can’t remember much at all.

Perhaps you don’t want to be a man with a plan but if that actually saves hours a day, it may be a good exercise.

Plan, plan and plan again.

You know, I really need to focus.

‘Fancy going for a run!’

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