How Do You Spend Your Day?
Photo by Lesly Juarez
Last month, data from the 2008 American Time Use Survey was creatively put together in an interactive graph. The graph visually displays how folks in different demographic groups tend to spend their time each day, broken down by 20 activity categories (including “I couldn’'t remember” for the less self-reflective among us).
It’'s not hard science, but it is an intriguing look at what we as a culture do with our time. The ways we spend our time directly reflect our collective cultural values and priorities.
When you browse this, what do you see about “us”?
Would a time graph isolated for Christians look any different from the collective culture?
And as you’re hopefully enjoying a long weekend, may there be a chunk in here for something called Sabbath.
Brad M. Griffin
Director, MDivBrad M. Griffin is the Director of the Fuller Youth Institute, where he develops research-based training for youth workers and parents. A speaker, blogger, and volunteer youth pastor, Brad is the coauthor of Growing Young, several Sticky Faith books, Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager in a Digital Media World, and the series Can I Ask That?: 8 Hard Questions about God and Faith. Brad and his family live in Southern California.