Thanks for sharing your ideas. I enjoyed reading your post. It can help to use your time wisely.

Many of us tend not to be productive whenever we have some down time, such as waiting for a bus, sitting in a vehicle, standing in a line, etc. We tend to relax and slack off and stare into space.

Even 5 minutes can be an opportunity worth seizing to do some productive–or even creative–work. Even in this age of high-tech, for example, it helps to carry a small note-pad in your pocket and a pen or pencil. Whenever you get a flash of inspiration, make sure you capture that idea immediately. Otherwise, you can lose that idea. This is a practical suggestion.

Also, listen to motivational and self-help tapes by luminaries such as Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, and others. Such tapes are available in the market. You can put it into your CD player and forget about the world. And try to apply the ideas you learn too, later. Listening to such tapes can lead to improvement of your personal, professional and academic life too (if you are a student). Surely, it is a better use of time than doing nothing.