Don't Have Time

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Busy, Busy, Busy!
One of the most common statements heard today is: I don't have time!  Odd how everyone wakes up with the same amount of time in the day and some accomplish more or less than others in the same 24 hour day.  What is the difference in how we spend our time?  It comes down to commitments, responsibilities, life, and mainly choices.  One thing I want to focus on is time with family.  You can lose a lot in this world, but the most valuable asset loss that comes with a price is time with family.  Losing family time is something that cannot be recouped.  Once it is gone it is gone.

Bureau of Labor Statistics 2010 Report:  Found this information to be interesting as it was released June 2011.  Thought I would share  some information on where we spend most of our time on average in the US.  You can look the information up for yourself at: www.bls.gov.  The report broke down in what an average person (15 years and older)  does in a week day and on weekends & holidays.  Just in case you have ever asked, " Where did all my time go?"  I rounded up to the nearest hour.


Personal Care: (Scrub a-dub-dub, primping for work or event)  Day: 9 hrs. Wknd/H: 10 hrs. 
Sleeping: Wk Day: 8 hrs. Wknd/H: 9 hrs.
Household Activities: (Food prep and clean up, lawn and garden) Day: 2 hrs. Wknd/H: 3 hrs.
Eating and Drinking: Day: 1 hr. Wknd/H: 1 hr.
Shopping:  Day: 2 hrs. Wknd/H: 2 hrs.
Children: (Tending to their needs) Day: 2 hrs. Wknd/H: 2 hrs.
Working: Day: 8 hrs. Wknd/H: 6 hrs.
Education: Day: 6 hrs. Wknd/H: 3 hrs.
Organizational Activities: (Civic & Religious) Day: 2 hrs. Wknd/H: 3 hrs.
Leisure & Sports: Day: 5 hrs. Wknd/H: 7 hrs.
Watching TV:  (Calculated into Leisure & Sports made most of avg.) Day: 3 hrs. Wknd/H: 4 hrs.
Other Activities: ( Who knows what - sex, drugs, exercise, gossiping) Day: 2 hrs. Wknd/H: 2 hrs.

After going almost cross-eyed looking at  the BLS 2010 report I realized there was nothing listed on hours for the lame and lazy.   


Finding Time: 
How sad when a child says, " Can you play with me?"  Then another day have a child knock on your door and ask to play with your dog. It is sad to have a five year old child say: "Hi, can I tell you about my day?  I have no-one to talk to and I like it at your house."  What is discovered the child has both parents at home and they are too busy with watching TV after working.  Okay and then to learn 1in 4 children in America is fed on food stamps.  Then 24 million Americans are unemployed today.  What the heck?  People have time to draw unemployment and not spend time with their kids.  Then kids are given TV and video games as a babysitter.  What are these kids being taught?  Now this is the grim side of modern society.  Let's look at the flip-side where people are working hard with two to three jobs to make ends meet. In some cases both parents are working.  Where is the time spent with kids? Let's see: two hours a week day and two hours each day on the weekend on average. 

What Can Be Done?
I offer one option that 40,000 people in the world are doing each week.  They are becoming entrepreneurs in a network marketing company.  I won't bore you anymore with statistics; however, majority of those working and spending time with their family are those in network marketing.  You can make the time to be free to spend time with your loved ones, by working a job and then part-time with your own business.  Treating your home business as a real business it will grow and you will be able to supplement your annual income.  Then you could spend more time educating and being involved with your children.  It boils down to making a choice...the choice is yours.  If nothing else, make time as a parent to spent time with your family and be there for your children.   You can always substitute three hours a day of TV for family!