Over the last 10 years I’ve realized we’ve become busier then when we were younger. I often wish we could go back and be carefree again where we could just call a friend for coffee or a movie the night of and it would happen or just head out for the weekend camping with little to no planning. Now we have jobs, families, hobbies, and other stuff going on. Yet if we really break it down and see just how much time we actually do have it’s quite astonishing. Now before all of you go and say well there is this, and this and this and this etc. I’m only giving an example of what I think is an average busy week for a professional single person or married person based on what I’ve seen with friends and family.
| 168 Hours in a week | 24 hours x 7 days a week |
| 50 Hours for work | 10 Hours a day. Includes travel and lunch |
| 14 Hours for dinner | 2 Hours a night. Includes prep, and clean-up |
| 7 Hours for personal care | 1 Hour a day. |
| 56 Hours for sleep | 8 Hours a night. (if we are lucky) |
| 4 Hours for hobby | 2 Hours a night or 4 hours one night. Hockey, Rock Climbing, etc. |
| 6 Hours on Weekend | Various activities. Church, Shopping, Events, etc… |
| Total Left Over | 31 hours |
So based on this average we really have 31 hours left over in a week to do pretty much whatever. Time cannot and should not be used as an excuse for anything, I find people who are the busiest are actually masters of the calendar. Because they are so busy they can schedule stuff much better then say someone who is say less busy and has more time in front of the boob tube. So if you *think* you are busy try this little exercise and you’ll see you have more time then you think you do.
I have kids and I still agree with Shaun’s post. My kids are involved in sports, school activities, and church activities 4-5 nits per week. I still find that I have about 2 hours a night to myself. Granted, some of that time is spent in front of the TV, but there is time available to better myself by reading a good book or associating with friends.
I’m curious how kids will change our life and how that looks. I’m VERY excited for it though
Yeah. Totally agree. I have 4 kids and sometimes it makes it easier to say, “if you want me to take time away from my family to help you, I will do it gladly with the understanding you have to respect that and meet me halfway.” Thanks for the numbers. It will come in handy next time someone says I don’t have time…
I totally agree with you. People use the excuse of not having time because it’s easy and let’s them off the hook (and I am equally guilty myself). “I don’t have time to go to the gym” Really? But there is time to sit on the couch and watch TV for hours each night, or play video games, or facebook. What they really should be saying is..”I don’t want to go the the gym”…And I have three kids and I really do have time…sure less time than some…but I still get enough quality time watching TV and sitting in front of the computer. I just really don’t want to go to the gym
Yeah the t.v. and social media sites are definetly some HUGE time wasters. Not saying there is anything wrong with them just they are large consumers of our time and what do we really get out of them? Not much.
Thanks for the comment.
Wait until you have kids.
We are working on it
Very excited to have some.