Every article here starts from the same uncomfortable idea: your time is finite, and most of it is already committed. Using data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the OECD, the WHO, and peer-reviewed research, these pieces translate everyday habits — sleep, work, screens, exercise, hobbies — into the years they quietly consume over a lifetime. When you're ready to see your own numbers, the free calculator does the maths in about a minute.
How Much of Your Life Is Already Gone? The Maths Most People Avoid
The average life passes its halfway mark around age 37 — and only about 24 years of a whole life are genuinely free. Here's the arithmetic most people skip.
Read the article →How Much of Your Life Do You Spend Sleeping?
The average person spends roughly 24–26 years asleep. Here's what that number really means — and why it isn't time wasted.
Read the article →How Many Years of Your Life Do You Spend on Social Media?
Over six years of scrolling for the average person — and, as courts have now found, by deliberate design. Here's what the numbers mean.
Read the article →How Much of Your Life Do You Spend Exercising?
About three minutes a day, on average. The time cost of meeting the guidelines is tiny — and the return is measured in extra years of life.
Read the article →How to Do a Personal Time Audit (Step-by-Step Guide)
A simple way to find the gap between how you think you spend your time and how you actually do — in under ten minutes.
Read the guide →Hobbies Aren't a Waste of Time. They Might Be the Point.
93,000 people across 16 countries, tracked for years. The research on hobbies is, by social-science standards, unusually cheerful reading.
Read the article →See where your own life goes
Reading about the averages is one thing. Seeing your own numbers laid out week by week is another.
Show me my numbers →