Thanks to technology, social media and the internet, it’s easy to get distracted today. And these distractions can often lead to hours down the drain—hours that could have been spent being productive. While the digital age has brought an abundance of improvements in the ways we communicate, learn, work, entertain, it’s important not to let ourselves get too carried away. Today, the average person spends 10 hours and 24 minutes per day connected to media. And there’s slim chance all of that time is being spent efficiently.
However, digital media and technology aren’t the only things biting into our time. From an average 42 hours a year spent sitting in traffic to 53 hours a year spent complaining, people are wasting time in ways they are not even aware of. To uncover where your lost time is going, here are seven culprits.
