Anyway I don’t think it’s only the gadgets to blame for lack of time. If only we didn’t have to deal with so many “BIG” and “PLENTY” things around us…..we wouldn’t constantly be running in order to save just a bit more time for personal use.
Things were much simpler when everything came in “small packages”.

Can I trade my house for the “Little House On The Prairie”?
Laura Engles ….How about your ponytails for mine. Don’t you think its a fair trade?

We consume a lot more than we used to - many more meals are prepared for us, we’re a lot less likely to fix our own car, or TV, or kitchen appliance, and we definitely don’t mow our own lawn as much as we used to. Greater consumption means we need to pay the bills, which means a job with greater responsibility, and more time at the office, or on the cell phone, or typing e-mail’s on the weekends and evenings.

But we do, on the average, have more leisure, and a great amount of that is spent in front of the TV. We watch more television in a day or two than someone in the 1950’s did in a week. And, unlike today, many people didn’t even have a TV set. The internet is also a big leisure hog, too.

If you want to free up leisure time, try a few of these for a month:

Dedicate up to, but not over, 10 continuous hours a day for work. Outside of required breaks, do nothing but work during that period. No net surfing, no personal calls. Before and after that, do nothing for work. So your out-of-work time is completely your own.

Make your communication important. Stop the cell phone calls, the continuous e-mails. The only purpose for talking to a friend or family member on the phone, is to set up face-to-face contact. Your time with these people should be real, not electronic. Long-distance friends should set up regular phone call times where your attention is undivided - no talking in the car.

And demand your leisure time. You earned it! Make it a part of your day, and your week. Schedule down time, where you do something fun, or restful.

But a lot of chores still take time; it’s just that they are done differently.