Leap Day 2024: A Gift of Time for You

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | February 22, 2024 |

 

When I first speak with new clients, many of them often mutter with exasperation, “I wish I had more time!” Or, “I have too much to do and not enough time!” Or, “There just aren’t enough hours in the day!” You get the picture, right?

 

Guess what? Here is terrific news if you feel the same way!

 

Once every four years or so, you are gifted with extra time – 24 hours, to be more precise. But if you’re like much of the world, you forget that you’re about to receive this gift of time and, therefore, don’t plan to take advantage of it.

 

To what gift am I referring? Why, it’s Leap Year! Which means, we’ll have a Leap Day 2024! That’s right. We will get one extra day in February. If you’ve ever wished for more time, here you go.

 

You don’t have to celebrate Leap Day 2024 and Leap Year exactly on February 29, especially since it’s during the work week. But technically, you’ve got an extra day this year, so what would you like to do with your gift of time?

 

Fun?

 

Lounge

 

Spend quality time with your family

 

Read

 

Arrange for a Zoom or Facetime meetup with loved ones you haven’t seen for some time?

 

 

Self-Care?

 

Get an extra hour of sleep on 24 different days? (That adds up to the extra 24 hours!)

 

Plan healthy meals for the upcoming month, create your grocery lists for them, and do one round of grocery shopping

 

Spend a day enjoying an outdoor activity

 

Make plans for your next vacation

 

Go on a hike

 

Stretch, meditate and reach your Zen moment

 

 

Tasks?

 

Straighten up your living areas

 

Hang that wall décor that’s been in boxes for a year

 

Scrub down the bathrooms and kitchen

 

Tidy up your landscaping

 

Start on that project you’ve been putting off

 

 

 

How will you take advantage of your bonus day this Leap Year?

 

 

 

For a complete guide to creating the time to play hooky from work on Leap Day (or enjoying an approved day off or two!), check out The Great Escape: A Vacation Planner for Busy People Who Want to Take a Real Break from Work & Life.

About Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO®

As The Inefficiency Assassin™, Time Management Fixer Helene Segura empowers professionals on the go with the tools to slay lost time. Personal inefficiency at work leads to increased stress levels, lower morale, higher absenteeism, more turnover – and rising spending on employee health care and hiring. Why not improve productivity, decrease stress levels, and increase profits instead?The author of four books – two of which were Amazon best-sellers – Helene Segura has been the featured organization expert in more than 200 media interviews. She has coached hundreds of clients to productivity success and performance improvement by applying neuroscience and behavioral modification techniques to wipe out destructive, time-wasting habits.Helene turns time management on its head by sharing both client case studies and pop culture examples to teach her mind-bending framework for decreasing interruptions, distractions and procrastination so that companies can spend more time generating revenue.

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