In our time-starved society, with the holidays looming,
how do we save time?
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA, December 13, 2005 -- We?re all rushed. Ten years ago nearly two-thirds [62%] of 1300+ American workers polled by the organization company, Day-Timer said they always or frequently felt rushed. Day-Timer polled American workers again in September 2005. Today 60 percent always or frequently feel rushed. We haven?t improved in a decade.
So what can we do to save time and avoid that rushed feeling? Here are the top timesaving activities Day-Timer discovered in its most recent survey; and where possible, a comparison between today?s responses and those from 1994.
Postponing household cleaning remained the number-one timesaving activity with 55 percent of respondents ignoring a dirty house to save time versus 60 percent ten years ago.
Online activities were huge timesaving strategies with 49 percent of respondents saying they paid bills online and 40 percent saying they shopped online to save ¬time.
How and where we eat was key to saving time with eating frozen prepared meals jumping from 18 percent in 1994 to 38 percent today.
Forget the fries? Eating at fast food restaurants plummeted from 53 percent in 1994 to 43 percent today.
Finally, 44 percent of respondents say they bring home take-out meals, a four percent decrease from 1994.
Day-Timer
In business since 1947, Day-Timer has evolved into a company offering hundreds of organization tools that simplify the lives of consumers at work, home, school, and on the go. Day-Timer is a division of ACCO Brands.
