How to Launch a Teen: Mom's Average Day

Let's have a look at what I came up with for my Average Day.  The broad descriptions I used to describe the predominant activity in each hour are:  

• Sleep
• Desk Time
• Housework
• Keeping up with Trippy Roads Ranch
• Family Time
• Fix Dinner
• Dinner
• Read

This is what I think my Average Day looks like.

	AVERAGE DAY
12am – 01am	Sleep
01am—02am	Sleep
02am—03am	Sleep
03am—04am	Sleep
04am—05am	Sleep
05am—06am	Sleep
06am—07am	Desk time
07am—08am	Desk time
08am—09am	Housework
09am—10am	Housework
10am—11am	Keeping up with Trippy Roads Ranch
11am—12pm	Housework
12pm—01pm	Housework
01pm—02pm	Desk time
02pm—03pm	Desk time
03pm—04pm	Family time
04pm—05pm	Family time
05pm—06pm	Fix dinner
06pm—07pm	Dinner
07pm—08pm	Desk time – online socializing
08pm—09pm	Read
09pm—10pm	Read
10pm—11pm	Sleep
11pm—12am	Sleep

Totals:

Activity	Hours
Sleep	8
Desk Time	5
Housework	4
Keeping up with Trippy Roads Ranch	1
Family Time	2
Fix Dinner	1
Dinner	1
Read	2

I found a site that has online tools you can use to play with your numbers.

What does it look like if I break it down according to Dagfin Aas' categories?  Some of these are combinations of two or more activities with others are a fraction of the time spent in a single activity. Using Aas' categories requires some thought about what I do that fits the definition of contracted time?  For the moment, I choose not to include my writing time even though it could be argued that what I am doing could be part of some future business development. 

Time Use Category	Hours
Necessary Time (sleeping and dinner, plus (on average) an hour per day fixing dinner, showering, and getting dressed)	10
Contracted Time (about 1/3 of my desk time spent doing bookkeeping and filing)	2
Committed Time (housework and keeping up with Trippy Roads Ranch)	5
Free Time (reading and family time, plus the desk time that involves social media or writing projects like this one)	7

How does my Average Day compare with yours?