Britons have just 17 days of free time each year
GETTY Britons enjoy only 17 days of free time a year
The pressures of raising a family while working as well as other responsibilities leave the average person just over two weeks – including weekends – with no other demands on their time. And the shortage of such freedom means people now value their free time more than money, careers and success. Nearly half of those polled wished they had more time to simply do as they please, with sleep, romance and socialising the most likely leisure activities missed out on.
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A third feel they have less time than five years ago as life gets busier, the research by Virgin Trains found. More than half of Britons would go travelling if they had more time, while over a third would catch up with friends and family. Time for learning a foreign language was the choice of 16 per cent of those polled. As many as 35 per cent miss out on socialising and weekend and day trips.
GETTY Too many people are spending their days off doing housework
GETTY Britons would like to use their free time to travel
A third do not get as much sleep as they would like and 20 per cent said their love life has suffered. However, the survey also highlighted that not everyone’s days are filled with work or looking after children. The average time spent sleeping is 103 days a year, while nine days a year are spent on social media and 11 days are devoted to cooking and eating. People spend the equivalent of eight days a year doing housework, seven days a year exercising and five days in the bathroom.
GETTY Some Britons feel they don’t have enough time to enjoy cooking
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