Skip TV and scrolling news; check the information you need at set times, all at once
- High value
- Evidence C
- Saves time
- Free
- Takes minutes
- Some willpower
In plain words
People in the United States aged 15 and older watch 2.6 hours of TV a day, which takes up half of all their leisure time. People in China watch an average of 1 hour 40 minutes a day, and people aged 75 to 84 watch 3 hours 16 minutes. If you move the information you want to a set time, you save that whole block.
- Cost
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Free. The hard part is breaking the habit of opening it on impulse, and you may miss some real-time news.
- What you get
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People in the United States aged 15 and older watch 2.6 hours of TV a day. Their total leisure time is 5.2 hours, so TV takes up half. These are 2025 figures. Residents of China watch an average of 1 hour 40 minutes of TV a day, and people aged 75 to 84 watch 3 hours 16 minutes. These are 2018 figures.
- Notes
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All we have is overall statistics. No study has calculated where the time saved goes when people watch less TV and news. The practice of "checking all at once" is the author's own experience.
- Evidence grade
- C : The author's experience or common practice, without direct literature.
- Sources
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- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026). American Time Use Survey — 2025 Results. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm
- 国家统计局 (2019). 2018年全国时间利用调查公报. https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/202302/t20230203_1900224.html
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Translated from the Chinese original. Original book, section 4, tip 16. Content may be out of date and rules differ by place. When you actually deal with an agency, a doctor or a court, follow what local officials, doctors and lawyers tell you. Disclaimer