--------- Time Spent Per Day --------- | ||||
Year | Men | Women | Teens | Children |
2000 | 4:11 | 4:46 | 3:04 | 3:07 |
2001 | 4:19 | 4:51 | 3:04 | 3:12 |
| 2002 | 4:22 | 4:58 | 3:09 | 3:10 |
2003 | 4:29 | 5:05 | 3:07 | 3:14 |
| 2004 | 4:26 | 5:07 | 3:07 | 3:16 |
2005 | 4:31 | 5:17 | 3:19 | 3:19 |
| 2006 | 4:35 | 5:17 | 3:23 | 3:26 |
| 2007 | 4:35 | 5:14 | 3:21 | 3:25 |
Four to five hours a day on average watching television (according to Nielsen Media Research) - I have to take out my calculator! In ten years that's 18,250 hours, in twenty 36,500 - a pretty significant chunk of one's 750,000 Hours!
But a more important exploration is why do people spend all of that time watching television? Is it so fulfilling that we want to spend 5 hours a day on it or is it simply there? Is it a comfort after a hard day's work? Is it a soothing treat after working a job we don't enjoy? Have we simply not thought of a good alternative to hours in front of the telly?
Here's one alternative. Five hours is actually about the same amount of actual 'work' time that is put in at one's day job (after meetings, breaks, training, etc.), it's a significant amount of time. What if you designated some (or all) of that TV time as Freedom Time and used it to earn your freedom to do what you want? Here's a few initial thoughts on things that could be done with Freedom Time:
- Start your own business (doing something you love) - 5 hours a day is equal to the amount of 'work' time put in by many people during their day job (after meetings, training, etc.)
- Start writing for profit
- If you don't have a clue what to do, start researching how you could earn a second income
- Get your finances in order, focus in and figure out where your pennies and pounds are 'leaking' out of your pockets
- Find ways to earn an income off the things, knowledge and experience you already have.
Telly time or Freedom Time, two different choices - and two different destinations...
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