Testing a theory that you don’t have to die at your desk

A lot of people say they are a workaholic but they actually work for half an hour, check Facebook for half an hour, work for another half-hour, fix themselves a snack, and so on. Their 12- 14 hour work day is more like a 6 or 7 hours of actual work. I’m the opposite of those people.

Because I spent years working as first an industrial engineer and then a statistical consultant, I track hours by habit. When people ask how I get so much work done, the answer is, I average less than two hours a week watching TV/ video, while the typical American watches over five hours A DAY. I don’t even have a Netflix account or DVR. I spend an average of 60 minutes a day on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter combined.

So, where does the time go?

I tracked it for several weeks and here is what I found:

• 18 hours on administration/management including interviewing potential employees, writing contracts, getting everything notarized (this is Chile), having three different forms of documentation for every expense to be reimbursed (again, this is Chile), completing required reports for the U.S. and Chilean government for grants and contracts, emailing back and forth 7 Generation Games team about what needs to be done, developers’ meeting, marketing meeting, Strong Mind Studios team meeting
• 29 hours on marketing — emailing potential and current customers, meeting with potential customers, making slide decks for…