Where Do We Spend Our Time?

In America, we say things like “time is money” or “don’t waste my time.” These common phrases reveal how we feel about time - it is scarce, it is valuable, and not to be wasted. But what is so incredibly fascinating and somewhat sad is reality of how we actually spend our time. Data from The American Time Use Survey and Our World in Data reveals the truth about time with family and friends. After this episode, you make make some changes to how you allocate your time. Link to Charts/Data referenced in episode: https://ourworldindata.org/time-with-others-lifetime

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