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Our BetterMost Community => The Polling Place => Topic started by: Kerry on December 01, 2007, 09:40:35 am
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Time magazine recently ran an article titled, "One Day In America." In a country as big and diverse as the USA, being average still leaves you room to be different. Here's a look at the daily life of the average American. How do you measure up? Visit the following sites to see how you compare:
Commuting:
http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/commuting.html
Job Happiness:
http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/job.html
Free Time:
http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/play.html
Drinking:
http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/alcohol.html
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Though I'm not American, I thought it would be fun to participate, just to see how I compare with the "average" American haha. ;) :D
Two things particularly stood out for me.
The first was daily internet use. I responded that I am online approximately 3 hours each day on average. I was shocked to read that the daily average in America is something like 20 minutes!!! :o I would have expected it to be higher than that. I can only guess that this low figure comes from an average of the entire population, and as lots of people don't have a computer, that would keep the result low. ???
Something I laughed at was a comment about the average American getting in their car for the drive to work at approximately 8.30am each day. It made me laugh, because I have usually been sitting at my desk for about an hour already by the time 8.30 ticks around! :-\
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I can't get the quizzes to load up Kerry, but we played around with the maps a little. I wonder why they drink so much in New Hampshire? Maybe it's because of all the politicians up there right now! ;)
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You must get up with the chickens. :P
I'm up at 6am every morning. It's only a short drive across the Harbour Bridge to my place of work. :D
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I can't get the quizzes to load up Kerry, but we played around with the maps a little. I wonder why they drink so much in New Hampshire? Maybe it's because of all the politicians up there right now! ;)
Haha, I'm guessing Canberra would show-up likewise, David, should there ever be an Oz version of this exercise! :D
P.S., Sorry you had difficulty accessing the questionnaires. You may have had a slow internet connection. Try again later. :D
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Where I'm way different is I spend 0 hours watching television each day! I was surprised to find that I don't spend more time on the Internet than the average person. Go figure! Does IMing count for being on the Internet? My commute is twice as long as others because I have to go from the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains into Denver to work. Thus I arise at 5:10 each morning and start work at 7 a.m. It's nice to be able to chat with East Coasters, Europeans and even some Australians before beginning my day. With luck, I leave work at 5 or 6 pm and do everything in reverse!
It looks like people in my job field have a lot of happiness too! You need to have satisfaction in my field (marketing managers) to balance out the stress.