An Average American Day

Friday, 21 June 2013 | by Pat's Picks

The Wall Street Journal has a cool graphic illustrating how Americans spent an average day in 2012. Each square represents a minute and the smaller numbers are the totals for 2011. In 2012, Americans got about one more minute of sleep, bringing the grand total to eight hours and 44 minutes. Our next most time consuming activity was work, which, on average, we’re doing two minutes less of each day. In third place: watching TV, which the average American spends 2 hours and 50 minutes a day doing.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal