The math of wasted time

[Writer]

I was calculating the amount of wasted time in front of the TV for the series I watch and post it on my blog. This of course without counting sports, movies, ads etc. and without counting reruns (I watched Seinfeld's "The Contest" at least ten times...)

However, here’s a snippet (I apologize for the formatting), grand total at the end:
Title Season Episodes Length Tot Wasted Time
Under the Dome
1
13
43

559
Under the Dome
2
13
43
559
Game of Thrones
1
10
60
600
Game of Thrones
2
10
60
600
Game of Thrones
3
10
60
600
Game of Thrones
4
10
60
600
Game of Thrones
5
10
60
600
BIG BANG THEORY
1
17
20
340
BIG BANG THEORY
2
23
20
460
BIG BANG THEORY
3
24
20
480
BIG BANG THEORY
4
24
20
480
BIG BANG THEORY
5
24
20
480
BIG BANG THEORY
6
24
20
480
BIG BANG THEORY
7
24
20
480
DOCTOR WHO (2005)
1
13
45
585
DOCTOR WHO (2005)
2
13
45
585
DOCTOR WHO (2005)
3
13
45
585
DOCTOR WHO (2005)
4
13
45
585
DOCTOR WHO (2005)
5
13
45
585
DOCTOR WHO (2005)
6
13
45
585
DOCTOR WHO (2005)
7
13
45
585
MASTERCHEF
1
15
42
630
MASTERCHEF
2
15
42
630
MASTERCHEF
3
16
42
672
MASTERCHEF
4
16
42
672
MASTERCHEF
5
16
42
672
Lost
1
25
45
1125
Lost
2
24
45
1080
Lost
3
23
45
1035
Lost
4
14
45
630
Lost
5
17
45
765
Lost
6
18
45
810
THE WALKING DEAD
1
6
45
270
THE WALKING DEAD
2
13
45
585
THE WALKING DEAD
3
16
45
720
THE WALKING DEAD
4
16
45
720
Seinfeld
1
5
22
110
Seinfeld
2
12
22
264
Seinfeld
3
23
22
506
Seinfeld
4
24
22
528
Seinfeld
5
22
22
484
Seinfeld
6
24
22
528
Seinfeld
7
24
22
528
Seinfeld
8
22
22
484
Seinfeld
9
24
22
528
PARENTHOOD
1
13
43
559
PARENTHOOD
2
22
43
946
PARENTHOOD
3
18
43
774
PARENTHOOD
4
15
43
645
PARENTHOOD
5
22
43
946
For a grand total of
Minutes
30259
Hours
504.3167
Days
21.01319
Or
353021 written words at a 700wds/hr rate

 

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[Writer]

ok, formatting is REALLY messed up. I need to find a way to insert a table.

 

[theag]

cool.

now you can add another hour for the calculations and another couple of hours for maintaining your blog.

 

[Writer]

cool.

now you can add another hour for the calculations and another couple of hours for maintaining your blog.

ahahha, no the calculations took about 15 minutes thanks to Excel... and the opportunity cost might be advantageous as I will watch way less TV now (21 days in front of a TV... ARGH!)
As for the blog... It will make me rich ! lol

 

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[SteveO]

Wow. I watch about 2-3 hours a week. I wish there was more to watch, just can't find much that gets me hooked.

 

[craig1928]

a friend of mine is perplexed about why I've no interest in pissing my time away in front of the TV, this is why.

 

[Writer]

Wow. I watch about 2-3 hours a week. I wish there was more to watch, just can't find much that gets me hooked.

3 hours a week is 6 days a year

Of course I watched those in several years, but the amount of hours is still astounding. But if you start to add up baseball games, soccer games, football games (I don't watch it) and movies the problem becomes even more real. And I am just glad that other than Masterchef (I like to cook... and eat; gives good ideas) I don't watch any reality show.

 

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[SteveO]

3 hours a week is 6 days a year

Once you hit a certain level of passive income, you can choose your hours as you wish.

 

[Writer]

Once you hit a certain level of passive income, you can choose your hours as you wish.

Touche!

 

[Jam Wheel]

If you want to really scare yourself, add up all the screen time you spend in the day on non-work related tasks. All that inane browsing or getting sucked into a blog about whatever for two hours.....

I've never been a tv watcher except for a few choice shows and don't understand how people will watch just anything, but damn I can read news all day long. Its a bad habit I need to break.

 

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