There are 168 hours in a week. If you sleep 8 hours a night, you're down to 112.
112 hours.How do you use that much time? If it takes 10,000 hours to become a master at something (like Malcom Gladwell says) you could be the next Serena Williams or Bill Gates with roughly 100 weeks (or two years) of practice.
Fine, you're probably thinking it's not that easy and it's impossible to dedicate every waking hour to one specific skill.
Let's break it down further. For a college student enrolled in four classes they'll spend roughly 15 hours a week in class and, if they're studious, about 20 hours a week studying/doing homework. Of course, they'll need to eat about three meals a day which could take 3 hours per day. They'll need to use the bathroom, shower and take care of themselves, which could take up to 2 hours a day. Let's account for commuting time too: for a college student fortunate enough to live on campus their walks won't be too long but let's say they spend an hour each day walking from one place to another.
So now we've accounted for sleeping, being in class, studying, eating, taking care of oneself and commuting. How much time are we left with?
That's nearly enough time to get a full-time job while being a full-time student. But wait-- extracurriculars take up a lot of time. According to the National Institutes of Health the average college student spends 2 hours per day on extracurriculars (14 hours per week), and 31 minutes per day on employment (rounded up to 4 hours per week).
We've now described a studious college student who participates in extra curriculars, has a part time job and takes care of themself who still has about 2.5 hours of free time per day.
What do you do with that time?
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