Look at these
two pie graphs.
They show how
these two people spend their days, not including weekends.
The one of the
top shows how Emma divides up her days.
She is a designer
who works for a large company.
As Emma’s graph
shows, the biggest portion of her day is spent working.
She works anaverage of 8 hours a day, which is onethird of her day.
She gets anaverage of 6 hours sleep, which is 25%of her day.
That's less
sleep than Martin gets.
According to his
graph, he get an average of 7 hours sleep, which is 29% of his day.
On the other
hand, Martin, who was a engineer, works more hours than Emma does.
Martin averages
9 hours a day at work, compared to Emma’s 8.
That's 37.5%
compared to 33%.
Other factors
shown in the graphs include time for meals and commuting to work.
Other activities
include getting dressed and household chores, such as doing laundry and paying
bills.
As you can see,
for Martin, commuting is taking a large amount of his time.
If he could
reduce his commute time, he would have more time for other things.
And it isn’t
just the time.
When the traffic
is really heavy, his commute is stressful.
It would be
great if he could work from home one or two days a week.
His life would
be more enjoyable.
And looking at Emma’s
graph, we see that she probably needs more sleep.
Perhaps she
should spend a bit less time socializing with her friends.
On the other
hand, socializing with her friends is something she really values.
As for putting
on makeup, she isn’t willing to change that.
For her,
exercising, socializing and staying beautiful help her deal with the stress of
work.
In conclusion,
Emma and Martin both wish that there were more hours in the day.
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