According to a widely referenced study, during waking hours, an average person blinks about 12 times per minute, with each blink lasting approximately a third of a second. Over a span of 16 hours, that totals around 11,520 blinks, equivalent to more than an hour of blinking time.
In a typical lifespan of 80 years, this amounts to around 3.5 years spent blinking. This raises the question: what other time might we be wasting?
How much time do you spend…
Yawning?
As adults, we yawn approximately nine times a day, and even more during our younger years, with infants yawning up to 25 times a day at 12 weeks old. This adds up to at least two weeks of yawning over a lifetime.
Putting on socks?
It takes about 20 seconds to put on a pair of socks. If you wear socks daily, this activity accumulates to nearly a week of your life.
Scratching?
Even without allergies, most people scratch around 97 times a day, with each scratch taking a few seconds. This totals approximately two months of your life spent scratching. And yes, I scratched again after reading this.
In the restroom?
On average, people spend between one to three years in the restroom, influenced by both dietary fiber and how much time they spend on their phones.
Traveling by car?
In your lifetime, you will spend around three years driving. This means some individuals may actually spend more time on the toilet than in a car.
Swallowing?
Did you know you swallow at least 500 times a day? Most swallowing occurs when you aren’t even eating, as saliva continuously cycles from the mouth to the stomach and back into the bloodstream.
Research shows that normal swallowing rates average 1.32 times per minute, totaling nearly 2,000 swallows a day. Over an entire lifetime, this can add up to about 1 year and 9 months spent swallowing.
This article addresses a question posed by Marlowe Fox via email: “How much time do we spend in an average lifetime?”
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