Spending more time eating, sleeping, and watching TV

Those are some of the tidbits gleaned from the Labor Department's latest American Time Use Survey. Average sleeping time 8 hours and 23 minutes, up 5 minutes since 2007. Work and work-related activities totaled only 4 hours and 24 minutes, down 25 minutes from 2007. From the WSJ:

After the recession left millions jobless, some economists said they hoped that in lieu of work, Americans would spend more time on productive activities, such as volunteering or exercise, said Princeton economist Alan Krueger. But so far, that hasn't materialized, he said. "Last year continued to show the effects of the weak economy," Mr. Krueger said. "The amount of time spent watching T.V. and other nonproductive activities remains extraordinarily high."

Among other activities:
--Eating and drinking up 1 minute
--Personal care up 3 minutes
--Caring for household members down 3 minutes
--Leisure and sports up 1 minute
--Computer use (for leisure) up 13 minutes