Day-Timer - Time Management Resources

Survey by Day-Timers Inc., on Adults and Their Time
Americans at home
Men work an average of 50 hours per week while women work 42 hours a week 12% of working women put in part-time hours while only 2 % of working men do The average American worker spends 22 minutes commuting to work and 5% use their cellular phones during the trip. 62% of American workers feel they are always or frequently rushed to do the things they have to do. Only 5% rarely or neve feel rushed. 52% of American workers mentioned their job as the reason they are unable to spend more time with their significant other 65% listed spending more time with their family as a priority or goal in their lives 40% of American workers say they would put in an additional ten hours a week for extra pay 71% say they would watch less television in order to work more
Americans at work
59% of Americans begin their work day by reviewing a daily action plan Women are more likely than men to socialize the first half-hour at work (30% vs. 22%) 58% take care of their most urgent business in the morning and 47% in the mid-morning. 65% of American workers spend some time but less than a quarter of their day in meetings, and 11% spend between two and seven hours a day in meetings. Only 36% believe none of the time spent in meetings is wasted. Overall, American workers spend a mean of 9.5 hours per week on a computer at work. 57% of the workforce uses a computer at work. Just under half, 45%, do job related work on their home computer.
Americans at Play
The typical American worker in a relationship spends 10 hours a week alone with their significant other. Given more free time, women are more likely than men to read, while men are more likely to work on hobbies. Women are almost three times more likely than men to say they would spend any additional free time doing household tasks or chores. Reflecting national trends, the American workforce was twice as likely to take a 1-3 day long vacation. Workers took an average of one short trip (1 to 3 days) for business or pleasure in the past year. More than one-third of American workers don‘t perform any community service, while 40% say they spend between one and ten hours a month working in the community.
Success and Happiness
8 percent of American workers describe themselves as extremely happy, while 46% claim to be very happy and 7% are not very or not at all happy. Those who rate themselves extremely happy tend to work relatively short work weeks (20 to 29 hours) or very long work weeks (60 hours or more). Extremely happy workers are less likely to feel rushed. They are more likely to have time for community activities such as church or little league. They are also more likely to rate themselves extremely successful, 10% say they are not at all or not very successful. Extremely or very successful tend to work longer hours and plan their days during their daily commute. Extremely or very successful workers are less likely to feel rushed and are most likely to make a written schedule and prioritize tasks for each days‘ work.
Getting Organized and Personal Goals
One-third of American workers (32%) never plan their daily work. While 45% make a daily plan at least once a week , only 9% accomplish everything they set out to do. The higher the income, the more likely the worker is to make a written schedule and prioritize tasks. The majority of the workforce (78%) list getting more exercise as a goal, while two-thirds (65%) would like to spend more time with family and 59% would like to eat better. Only 3% of American workers make New Year‘s resolutions and about two-thirds achieve them. 37% have written financial goals, and 33% have written career goals, and 73% always or frequently know what they want to accomplish. More than half of workers (52%) use calendars to keep track of their schedules, while 29% use organizers. Women are more likely than men to use these tools.
Health
51% said they were in good or excellent health 38% said they were in good health 11% said they were in fair or poor health
Eating Habits
39% work while they are having lunch 15% usually don‘t eat lunch at all on work days 57% take less than 30 minutes for lunch At least once a week, 53% of working Americans eat at a fast-food restaurant 40% bring home take-out meals 23% cook the main course of a meal in a microwave 18% eat frozen-prepared meals
Exercise and Sleep
In order to work an additional 10 hours each week for extra pay, 27 % said they would sleep less and 17% said they would exercise less. When asked what they would do with four hours of free time, only 20% said they would exercise. 36% of the workforce said they exercise once or twice a month or less women are more likely than men to fit this category (39% vs. 31%) 37% said they exercise regularly Men are more likely than women to excercise regularly (41% vs. 33%)
Personal Goals/ Achieving Goals/ Methods of Achieving Goals
Areas for which they have written goals: Only 19% said exercise and 17% said health Women were more likely than men to have written goals in both of these areas 78% of the American workforce listed more exercise as a personal goal 32% said they have achieved this goal 40% listed reduced stress at work as a personal goal 15% said they have achieved this goal 33% listed reduced stress at home as a personal goal 14% said they have achieved this goal Exactly half of the workforce said they seldom or never prepare an action plan for achieving their goals. Only 22% said they always or frequently did. Almost half of American workers (46%) said they seldom or never divided goals into small, easily attainable pieces. Only 27% said they always or frequently did. While nearly three-quarters (73%) said they always or frequently what it is that they want to accomplish, one-third said they seldom or never schedule time to work on their high priority goals. Almost another third (30%) said they only occasionally schedule time to work toward goals.