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If you are in leisure mode, networking socially or generally wandering doing online research for example, you are in a different mindset. However that leisure activity must be pleasurable rather than stressful. And you decide which of these it is.

Thirdly, consider that your time is valuable and consciously develop preconceived notions about its value. Time is after all the most precious commodity in today’s urban life. Therefore, to purchase an air ticket, do you consider 5 minutes, 15 minutes or

55 minutes reasonable? To sell your camera online, are you willing to invest one, two or half an hour? And to unsubscribe to an unsolicited newsletter, are you willing to exchange 2, 3 or 5 emails. And what happens if you do not have a choice, like the loop I landed in with the newsletter? Well, maybe the technologists out there are listening to me and to you and such ‘easy and quick’ processes will actually start living up to their claim. Remember, finally you are the judge and you get to decide.