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How Different Groups Spend Their Day - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

This is a great visualization of how Americans spend their days. From a health standpoint, it is telling to see that while most Americans spend over two and a half hours watching TV, they spend 24 minutes preparing meals and 16 minutes relaxing and thinking (other factors are also interesting to look at). This worries me when so many of us battle stress, poor nutrition, and lack of exercise, and think that we do not have the time to change this. TV is not the only thing that we can get consumed with that has little added value for our lives, and when you only have so much time in a day, it is important to really know why you dedicate time to each of your activities.

Time is the most valuable resource we have, and if we utilize our time, we can truly achieve anything. The quality of any area of our lives is a direct result of the time we spend on it. Health, fitness, relationships, career, family, sleep, inner peace. The more time we spend nurturing these areas, the more success and happiness we will find. Think about what is important to you and see if you are really giving these areas enough attention, or are less important activities getting in the way? If they are, then that's a good thing, because now you know a perfect way to free up more time to help make your life better!

Enjoy the chart and keep up all the good work, health and fitness is a lifelong journey, so enjoy the ride!

Colin