10+ Of The Best Ways To Pass Time At Boring Desk Jobs

Author image for mattstaff
mattstaff
May 28, 2019 11:00 AM EDT

Kill time more efficiently than ever before with these helpful life hacks that can turn your boring desk job into a place of selfish productivity! Maybe you'll commit yourself to being the most hydrated person on the planet, or you'll master the art of mindfulness meditation. Who knows? The world is your oyster, and your boring desk job is the home of where all of it's going to happen. 

Advertisement
  • 01
    Text - MePirate 4h 1 Award I'm not sure its the best way, but I open and close Reddit 87 times a day.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 02
    Text - CheeseGratedTaint 4h work on your personal projects. just don't let your company find out because it probably says in your contract that anything you make during work time belongs to them.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 03
    Text - Typing-random 5h eavesdropping. See how far can you listen, when you focus.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 04
    White - BloomingHeather 5h try to automate it.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 05
    Text - princek1 5h Get good at chess (three or more days per move so you can walk away from the app). The rules never change, and tactics puzzles are the way to go. Listen to great literature/minds. Most (if not all) public domain books are posted on youtube. Listen at 2x speed for bonus points. Find new music. Spotify's radio feature is great for this because it allows you to find tracks by similar artists, songs, albums, etc. Practice meditation. Concentration and mindfulness are skills that n
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 06
    Text - wonderwine 4h I drink a lot of water. I walk to the water cooler constantly and to the bathroom just as often. The best part - it's good for you!
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 07
    Text - Sans-Pants 3h Read a book? I realize you can't hold a physical book at work without getting noticed. I load my epub files into Google Books and use the web interface to read. I also use the virtual desktops in Windows 10 and a button my mouse I programmed to quickly switch between my work desktop and my goofing off desktop It doesn't hurt that I'm in a private office, no one can see my monitor, and I'm double as the IT guy, so l know no one is spying on me.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 08
    Text - MrSillybiscuits 5h l used to write at work a lot.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 09
    Text - drewisawesome14 4h I'm a software developer, but im pretty fresh to the industry so my company doesn't throw me a whole lot of work just yet. I've been learning to do do some graphic design stuff on the side with the software that comes on my work computer. Shit, I actually stayed like 2 hours late last night because I was too deep into the stuff I was making.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 10
    Text - BraveRevolution 5h Podcasts are a great way to pass the time. Especially long episodes.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 11
    Text - Hey_I_Work_Here 5h S 4 Awards Stare at the wall and think about all the places you went wrong in your life.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 12
    Text - XJBR3W 3h Depends, Im basically at a desk job that is in the middle of a hardware store. My computer has no speakers so videos are worthless. Finding interesting things to read on the internet is fun or just finding funny subreddits or interesting things on here is about as good as it gets.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 13
    Text - DickesEnde_r 5h 3 1 Award Learn to play DnD or any other pen and paper roleplay. Think up campaigns for it. Draw maps, invent enemies or NPC.. This can take ages.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 14
    Text - ralad 3h Idon't know, put your co-worker's office supplies in jello? Side note: I just started watching The Office for the first time a few days ago and I'm averaging about 10 episodes a day. You guys REALLY need to give it a shot and make sure to hold it out through the first handful of weaker episodes.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 15
    Text - -eDgAR- 4h One of the things I like to do sometimes when I'm bored is Google bars and restaurants in other countries, look at their menus, and try to decide what I would get if I were going there. I find it to be a relaxing way to pass the time and who knows, maybe one day I'll actually get to eat/ drink at some of those places
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 16
    Text - misskrumpet 3h Online classes or work related certifications.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 17
    Text - fractionalhelium 3h Open Incognito mode (to avoid ads), open Trivago or any travel website. Check the flight fares to the places I would love to visit and make an imaginary itinerary of the trip I would have taken.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 18
    Text - motoreally 3h Read. I had a very boring job about 7 years ago, where I got my entire day's worth of work done in the first hour. So I downloaded the Kindle app for PC and read the entire Song of lce and Fire series. Easy to click out of if someone comes up to you, and doesn't really look like anything but a PDF of text
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr
  • 19
    Text - haventworkedinawhile 2h You could start a romance with the office receptionist.
    via u/PhDHenryJonesJr

Want More? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

Tags

job work awesome helpful life hacks askreddit win
Scroll Down For The Next Article