How much time do we have?
Exercise:
Let's
look at a typical week for most people.
There are 24 hours in a day, and 7 days in a week. That makes 168
hours available every week. How do you spend your time?
|
Average
Person
|
Hours
Left
|
My
Time
|
Time
Left
|
|
| Beginning of the week |
168
|
 |
168
|
|
| WORK | 40 hours |
128
|
|
|
| COMMUTING | 5 hours |
123
|
|
|
| EATING | 14 hours (2 hours per day) |
109
|
|
|
| SLEEPING | 42 hours (7 hours per night) |
67
|
|
|
The average person still has 67 hours left every week after working, eating, sleeping, and commuting are accounted for. Everyone has different demands on their time, but it is rare that 100% of anyone's time is prescribed for them. Like discresionary income, this is time you get to choose how to spend. In the next section, we'll examine the Biblical patterns for time management.
