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Time Traps: Wasting Precious Time
Time traps happen when we don’t value the hours that are available to us, and waste the free time that we have earned using technology and lifestyle conveniences.
We value our comfort but have no idea on how to value the limited number of days we have in our lives. The result is that we feel time poor, even with more time in our hands than the previous generations.
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