What is the most wasteful thing that you still spend too much time on regularly? How about in the past?
I'm sure some people think I waste time, but at this age I'm doing exactly what I want to do and don't consider it "wasted." I'm on the computer too much while the dust bunnies roam free, but my time is ticking away and I'm not spending it dusting. To me, a waste of time is cleaning the bathrooms so I try not to do that very often. When my husband puts up crime scene tape I bust out the mop.
I don't have as much time now. But past and present Because I do the grocery shopping and I love a bargain I spent a lot of time reviewing the sales flyers, cutting coupons, and doing digital coupons. I wasted time doing digital coupons for 3 or 4 grocery stores when I shop the same one every week it was a waste of time. I also was pretty good at what putting meal together, and shopping accordingly.
I used to do that stuff when I subscribed to a newspaper. -Wednesdays were the food ads and recipes -Sundays had the landfill-fodder pile of sales inserts (they always brought back memories of when I'd have to assemble them before I'd deliver them) I don't even mess with ads since I moved to a rural area because there's not a variety of places to shop. But I always enjoyed it. Coupons & shopping are as close to Hunter/Gatherer that I'll ever get.
Yeh, we had green stamps and yellow (Top Value) stamps. I got my first tennis racket with trading stamps.