Given how the usage of The Simple Dollar spikes during the normal workday in the United States (this phenomenon occurs on many other blogs, too), it’s easy to conclude that many visitors visit the site during downtimes during their workday, seeking information to improve their financial lives and their career. While this is an effective way to use downtime, with just a little bit of planning and forethought, you can make that time spent finding and discovering useful information for yourself and for your career quite a bit more valuable without a lot of additional effort. Here’s the game plan - try out some of these tactics for yourself. Share information you find.