{"id":542,"date":"2018-03-06T19:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/?p=542"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:28:06","slug":"time-management-facts-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/06\/time-management-facts-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Management Facts and\u00a0Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dovico-Blog-Cover.png\" alt=\"Clock with spreadsheet and chart report\" class=\"wp-image-3259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dovico-Blog-Cover.png 712w, https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dovico-Blog-Cover-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t it feel like sometimes you never have enough time? Where are all those seconds going? Why am I always running behind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time is the equalizer of all life on earth. You have the same amount of time in a day as everyone else: 24 hours. What you do with the 24 hours you&#8217;re given determines your successes, failures and contentment in life. Life is not about getting <em><strong>more <\/strong><\/em>time, it&#8217;s a hard practice of <em><strong>managing <\/strong><\/em>the time you have left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get a better grasp on the time you spend living, you need to ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-ff32241 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How am I currently spending my time?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-c80dbee ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s shocking just how much time we spent doing tasks that don&#8217;t serve us. When you add it up and show these hours spent over a year or a lifetime, it makes you rethink how you are passing time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some recent facts on how we spend time at work, in play and in front of our screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Work time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full-time employees work an average of 8.5 hours per weekday and 5.4 hours per day on a weekend day. (<a aria-label=\"BLS (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/atus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BLS<\/a>, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average employee spends 2 hours per day recovering from distractions. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/atus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlassian<\/a>, 2019) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average knowledge worker checks email and IM every 6 minutes. (<a aria-label=\"RescueTime (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.rescuetime.com\/work-life-balance-study-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RescueTime<\/a>, 2019) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average employee only works for a total of 3 minutes before switching to another task. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/atus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlassian<\/a>, 2019) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Netherlands ranks among the best work\/life balanced countries with an average 29-hour workweek. (<a aria-label=\"Small Business Trends (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2018\/02\/work-life-balance-statistics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small Business Trends<\/a>, 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Play time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Watching TV is the most enjoyed form of leisure, accounting for 2.8 hours per day. That works out to 42.6 days per year!  (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/atus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BLS<\/a>, 2019) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Socializing with friends (not online) accounts for an average of 38 minutes per day. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/atus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BLS<\/a>, 2019)  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We spent twice as much time socializing per day on the weekend (59 minutes) as on weekdays (29 minutes). (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/atus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BLS<\/a>, 2019) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaming accounts for about 1 hour per day on average for people aged 15 to 24.  (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/atus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BLS<\/a>, 2019)   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Screen time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On average, we spend 3 hours and 15 minutes a day (49.4 days per year) on our phones. (<a aria-label=\"RescueTime (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.rescuetime.com\/screen-time-stats-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RescueTime<\/a>, 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most people check their phones an average of 58 times per day.  (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rescuetime.com\/screen-time-stats-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RescueTime<\/a>, 2018) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Half of all phone checks happen within 3 minutes of a previous one.  (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rescuetime.com\/screen-time-stats-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RescueTime<\/a>, 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2018, we spent an average of 142 minutes per day on social media, that&#8217;s up from 90 minutes in 2012. (<a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalinformationworld.com\/2019\/01\/how-much-time-do-people-spend-social-media-infographic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Information World<\/a>, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will spend an average of 5 years and 4 months of your life on social media, but only 1 year and 3 months socializing with real people. (<a aria-label=\"MediaKix (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/mediakix.com\/blog\/how-much-time-is-spent-on-social-media-lifetime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MediaKix<\/a>, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-06644a9 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-dea67b2 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I get better at managing my time?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-9ec870f ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Donald Wetmore of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.productivity-institute.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Productivity Institute<\/a> shares <a href=\"https:\/\/productivity-institute.com\/articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many tips and tricks<\/a> on how you can manage your time more effectively. He has dedicated his life&#8217;s work to helping people manage their time better. His blog post titled: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/productivity-institute.com\/time-management-facts-and-figures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Time Management Facts and Figures<\/a>&#8221; is commonly shared and often referenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many of the facts and figures shared in this blog post may be outdated, they still give you pause to think about how you spend your time. Please read the following post by Dr. Wetmore and then reflect on the meaning of your time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time Management Facts and Figures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>During the last twenty years, after making over 2,000 presentations around the world, I have gathered some interesting facts and figures about Time Management and Personal Productivity for your use and enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list postList\">\n<li>There will be 2.2 million deaths in this country this year. 75% are from causes that are largely preventable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There will be 2 million marriages in this country this year and 1 million divorces. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>95% of divorces are caused by a \u201c<em>lack of communication<\/em>\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average working person spends less than 2 minutes per day in meaningful communication with their spouse or \u201c<em>significant othe<\/em>r\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average working person spends less than 30 seconds a day in meaningful communication with their children.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>80% of employees do not want to go to work on Monday morning. By Friday, the rate only drops to 60%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average person uses 13 different methods to control and manage their time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average person gets 1 interruption every 8 minutes, or approximately 7 an hour, or 50\u201360 per day. The average interruption takes 5 minutes, totalling about 4 hours or 50% of the average workday. 80% of those interruptions are typically rated as \u201c<em>little value<\/em>\u201d or \u201c<em>no value<\/em>\u201d creating approximately 3 hours of wasted time per day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On an average day, there are 17 million meetings in America.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By taking 1 hour per day for independent study, 7 hours per week, 365 hours in a year, one can learn at the rate of a full-time student. In 3\u20135 years, the average person can become an expert in the topic of their choice, by spending only one hour per day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>95% of the books in this country are purchased by 5% of the population. 95% of self-improvement books, audio tapes, and video tapes purchased are not used.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>97% of workers, if they became financially independent, would not continue with their current employer or in their current occupation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20% of the average workday is spent on \u201c<em>crucial<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>important<\/em>\u201d things, while 80% of the <a aria-label=\"average workday (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/21\/how-much-time-do-employees-spend-doing-real-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">average workday<\/a> is spent on things that have \u201c<em>little value<\/em>\u201d or \u201c<em>no value<\/em>\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the last 20 years, working time has increased by 15% and leisure time has decreased by 33%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A person who works with a \u201c<em>messy<\/em>\u201d or cluttered desk spends, on average, 1 1\/2 hours per day looking for things or being distracted by things or approximately 7 1\/2 hours per workweek. \u201c<em>Out of sight; out of mind.<\/em>\u201d When it\u2019s in sight, it\u2019s in mind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average reading speed is approximately 200 words per minute. The average working person reads 2 hours per day. A Speed Reading course that will improve the reading rate to 400 words per minute will save an hour per day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>90% of those who join health and fitness clubs will stop going within the first 90 days.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 out of 10 people daydream in meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>60% of meeting attendees take notes to appear as if they are listening.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>40% of <a aria-label=\"working people skip breakfast (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/30\/march-give-eating-more-meaning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">working people skip breakfast<\/a>. 39% skip lunch. Of those who take a lunch break, 50% allow only 15 minutes of less.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It takes approximately 30 days to establish a new physical or emotional habit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/apps\/outlook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">average worker sends and receives<\/a> 190 messages per day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average American watches 28 hours of television per week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>78% of workers in America wish they had more time to \u201csmell the roses\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>49% of workers in America complain that they are on a treadmill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Angry people are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as a person in better control of their emotions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>75% of heart attacks occur between the hours of 5:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m., local time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More heart attacks occur on Monday than on any other day of the week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25% of sick days are taken for illness. 75% of sick days are taken for other reasons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>95% of the things we fear will occur, do not occur.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taking 5 minutes per day, 5 days per week to improve one\u2019s job will create 1,200 little improvements to a job over a 5 year period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 out of 3 workers changes jobs every year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 out of 5 people moves every year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70% of American workers desire to own their own business.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>75% of American workers complain that they are tired.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average worker gets a 6 hours and 57 minutes of sleep per night.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>80% of<em> \u201cCrisis Management<\/em>\u201d events are preventable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average worker spends 35 minutes per day commuting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When someone is asking for our time for a meeting, 80% of the time, there is an alternate date and time that will be acceptable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good Time Managers do not allocate their time to those who \u201c<em>demand<\/em>\u201d it, but rather, to those who \u201c<em>deserve<\/em>\u201d it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The most powerful word in our Time Management vocabulary is \u201c<em>no<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70% of business and professional people use a \u201c<em>to do<\/em>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/free-timesheet-templates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">list on a regular basis to administer<\/a> their \u201c<em>have to\u2019s<\/em>\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5% of business and professional people use a \u201c<em>to do<\/em>\u201d list on a regular basis to administer not only their \u201c<em>have to\u2019s<\/em>\u201d, but also their \u201c<em>want to\u2019s<\/em>\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<em>If you want to get something done, give it to a busy person.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It almost always takes twice as long to complete a task as what we originally thought it would take.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<em>A project tends to expand with the time allocated for it<\/em>.\u201d If you give yourself one thing to do, it will take all day. If you give yourself two things to do, you get them both done. If you give yourself a dozen things to do, you may not get 12 done, but you\u2019ll get 7 or 8 completed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delegation is an unlimited method to multiply time for achieving results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The hardest part about delegation is simply letting go<em>. \u201cIf you want a job done right, you have to do it yourse<\/em>lf.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 hour of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/resource-allocation-and-planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">planning will save<\/a> 10 hours of doing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hiring a college student to do routine tasks (grocery shopping, yard work, household chores, etc.) will free up as much as 20 hours per week for the average person to devote to more productive uses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average person today (1999) receives more information on a daily basis, than the average person received in a lifetime in 1900.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The \u201c20\/80 Rule\u201d tells us we will typically accomplish 80% of our results through 20% of our effort. The other 20% of additional results comes from about 80% of additional effort.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<em><a aria-label=\"Stressed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/20\/quick-time-management-tips-for-busy-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stressed<\/a><\/em>\u201d spelled backwards is \u201c<em>desserts<\/em>\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We retain 10% of what we read. We retain 20% of what we hear. We retain 30% of what we see. We retain 50% of what we hear and see. We retain 70% of what we say. We retain 90% of what we do.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Half of what is known today, we did not know 10 years ago. The amount of knowledge in the world has doubled in the last 10 years. And it is said to be doubling again every 18 months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"Stressed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/20\/quick-time-management-tips-for-busy-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Time Management<\/a> is not doing the wrong things quicker. That just gets us nowhere faster. Time Management is doing the right things.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cIf you always do what you\u2019ve always done, you always get what you\u2019ve always got<\/em>.\u201d To change our output, we must change our input.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Donald E. Wetmore<\/strong><br>Certified Executive Coach, Consultant and Trainer<br>Author, \u201cOrganizing Your Life\u201d and \u201cThe Productivity Handbook\u201d<br>Productivity Institute <em>\u00a0<\/em><br><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.productivity-institute.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.productivity-institute.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-cb84db6 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-ugb-cta ugb-cta ugb-1230f7a ugb-cta ugb-cta--v2 ugb-cta--design-plain ugb-main-block ugb--has-custom-content-width ugb-main-block--inner-full ugb--has-block-background ugb--has-background-overlay\"><style>.ugb-1230f7a .ugb-cta__title{font-family:\"Roboto\",Sans-serif !important;font-size:40px !important;letter-spacing:0.5px !important;color:#ffffff}.ugb-1230f7a .ugb-cta__description{margin-bottom:45px !important;font-family:\"Roboto\",Sans-serif !important;font-size:23px !important;letter-spacing:-0.1px !important;color:#ffffff}.ugb-1230f7a .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner{font-family:\"Roboto Condensed\",Sans-serif !important;font-weight:400 !important;letter-spacing:0.5px !important}.ugb-1230f7a .ugb-button{background-color:#ffdb98;border-radius:5px !important}.ugb-1230f7a .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-1230f7a .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#303d89 !important}.ugb-1230f7a .ugb-button:before{border-radius:5px !important}.ugb-1230f7a.ugb-cta{min-height:0px;background-color:#243de5;background-image:url(https:\/\/timesheet.dovico.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dovico.png)}.ugb-1230f7a.ugb-cta > .ugb-inner-block{max-width:2500px !important}.ugb-1230f7a.ugb-cta:before{background-image:linear-gradient(180deg,#243de5 48%,#7bdcb5 100%);opacity:0.8}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-1230f7a.ugb-cta{margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;padding-top:0px !important;padding-right:35px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important;padding-left:35px !important}}@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast:active),screen and (-ms-high-contrast:none){.ugb-1230f7a.ugb-cta{height:0px}}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-1230f7a > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-top:43px !important;padding-bottom:58px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block ugb-inner-block--full\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-cta__item\"><h5 class=\"ugb-cta__title\"><br><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Is your project time tracking falling behind?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5><p class=\"ugb-cta__description\"> Ditch the clunky spreadsheets. Dovico Timesheet makes it easy to track time, stay on budget, and hit every deadline. Grow your business with confidence\u2014let\u2019s help you win.<\/p><div class=\"ugb-button-container\"><a class=\"ugb-button ugb-button--size-medium ugb--hover-effect-lift ugb--shadow-1\" href=\"https:\/\/trytimesheet.dovico.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"\"><span class=\"ugb-button--inner\">Learn More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-default\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doesn&#8217;t it feel like sometimes you never have enough time? Where are all those seconds going? Why am I always running behind? Time is the equalizer of all life on earth. You have the same amount of time in a day as everyone else: 24 hours. 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