1. Read a book
Whether you have 5 minutes or an hour, picking up a good book and spending some time reading it is a great way to spend your free time in a productive way. If your whole family has a bit of spare time, rather than sitting down to watch TV challenge everyone to pick a book and spend a certain amount of time reading it.
2. Exercise
You knew this one was going to be on the list… you were just really hoping it wouldn’t be. I was hoping it wouldn’t, anyway.
Exercising, even if it’s just a quick 5-minute walk down the road, is a fantastic way to use your free time. After you exercise you will feel so much more energized, healthy, and ready to face the rest of the day, rather than when you sit on the couch in front of the TV and end up feeling sluggish and lazy for the rest of the day
Not only are you be being productive with your spare time when you exercise, but you will also be reaping the many, many benefits that come with exercising, including:
Feeling happierStaying fitIncreasing your energySleep better at nightIncrease brain healthHealthier skin
3. Do a bit of home organization
I have a very strong love/dislike relationship with home organization. I love having an organized home, but I don’t always love getting it to an organized state, especially when I have let my cleaning and organization duties go for too long and I’m faced with an extra messy house.
4. Pay bills
This definitely isn’t the most fun option on the list, but it’s something that has to be done from time to time, and if you’ve been falling behind lately use these couple minutes of free time that you have to catch up on some much-needed bill paying.
5. Create free online accounts to get cash back
While we’re on the topic of finances, take a few minutes to set up some free online accounts that will end up earning you cash back over the next few months.
A few of my favorite sites to use to earn cash back are:
Ebates.
Ebates is an online shopping site that gives you a certain percentage of cash back on any items you buy online. You can shop through Ebates on sites like Amazon, JCPenney, eBay, Macey’s, Old Navy, and many more stores. (They offer over 2,000 online retailers).
Checkout 51.
Checkout 51 is an app that you download onto your phone that offers cash back on certain grocery and household purchases.
Though the cashback doesn’t seem to add up as quickly as it does with Ebates, I love using Checkout 51 because it allows me to get cash back on the things that I don’t buy online.
Ibotta.
I have never personally used Ibotta, but I have heard good things about them from other people. Like Checkout 51, they offer cash back on certain grocery purchases.
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