Free time: quality meets

quantity

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Let’s get started
with a warm-up

ESL Brains
Think of the best ways to spend your time in each case.

● You have a 20-minute break.

● You wake up one hour earlier than necessary.
● It’s a bank holiday in the middle of the week.

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Let’s think!

ESL Brains
part 1/2

Choose the option that is most relevant for you. Discuss whether your answers
show you have a healthy relationship with free time.
A. Scrolling through social media in my discretionary time…

1. might yield good results. 2. is unlikely to do me any good.

B. If I need to lighten my load a bit, I…

1. ditch unnecessary tasks. 2. outsource tasks.

C. When someone asks me for help during my busy week, I…

1. squeeze it into my schedule. 2. politely turn them down.

D. For me, the scarier thing is to…

1. be strapped for time. 2. be strapped for money.

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part 2/2

Choose the option that is most relevant for you. Discuss whether your answers
show you have a healthy relationship with free time.
E. Knowing that a break is coming up…

1. hampers my productivity. 2. boosts my productivity.

F. When it comes to the amount of free time I need,…

1. I’ve found my sweet spot. 2. it’s never enough.

G. To avoid feeling depleted, I…

1. make sure I have enough free 2. take regular long vacations.

time during the week.

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Let’s talk!

ESL Brains
Discuss the questions.

● What are the reasons people feel time-impoverished?

● Is it necessary for someone to always do something fulfilling in their
downtime? Why?/Why not?
● Do you or would you use the advice? Why/Why not?
○ Take stock of your free time.
○ Ditch unfulfilling things.
○ Outsource whenever possible.
○ Give time away.
○ Schedule your priorities together with your downtime.
○ Don’t get derailed.

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THANKS!

ESL Brains