How People Spend Their Time in a Year

HOW PEOPLE Spend Their Time in a year Several different American and British research studies, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Independent, and market research firm eMarketing.com show a fairly depressing outlook on what people do with their days: people spend more time on TV, cell phones, and the internet than they do exercising, being with friends and family, eating, sleeping, showering, and volunteering (and everything else), combined! 183.7 days (12.05 hrs/day) 6 months 103.4 days (6.8 hrs/day) 5 months. 4 months 44.5 days (2.9 hrs/day) 16.7 days (1.1 hrs/day) 3 months Using Digital 4.3 days (17 min/day) 12.4 days (49 min/day) 2 months Other Sleeping Media 1 month With Family Eating Exercising What We Spend Our Time Doing in a Year Sources Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/ The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/49-minutes-the-time-each-day-the-average-family-spends-together-1987035.html Gallup: http://www.gallup.com/pol/166553/less-recommended-amount-sleep.aspx eMarketer: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Digital-Set-Surpass-TV-Time-Spent-with-US-Media/1010096 The VisualCommunicationGuy.com | 2014