Video Of The Week - Your Life In Jellybeans
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You may have often heard your parents say 'life is short' - But to most of you the average American lifespan of 79 years or 28,835 days probably feels like an eternity. However, break it down into the chunks of time you spend doing mundane things like eating, drinking, sleeping or working and you will realize that as usual, they are right!
To make it easy to visualize, ZeFrank, who is known for his thought-provoking YouTube videos took data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and used it to create a fascinating one with 28,835 jellybeans representing each day of an average American's life. He started by removing 5,475 beans or 15 years - the time it takes to get to adulthood.
Then began the fun part of removing chunks of beans that adults spend on various day-to-day activities - 8,477 sleeping, 1,635 eating (includes buying and preparing food), 3,202 working, 1099 commuting . . . and the list goes on. By the time he is done, there are about 3,000 or 8 years worth of beans left - the number of days that most us have to make a difference! Suddenly 79 does not seem like a big number does it? So stop procrastinating and start living - Life is really short and . . . sweet!
Resource: telegraph.co.uk, huffingtonpost.com
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- personabout 11 yearsknarly dood
- im a girlabout 11 yearsthats so cool
- supabout 11 yearslol
yolanda_yamabout 11 yearsI think that what they are trying to say is that you shouldn't underestimate life and you should spend it worth while.
iheartmyfamilyabout 11 yearsI really agree with you
rosie_radishabout 11 yearsIt is amazing how short life is...its kind of sad to find out that most of my life is spent doing stuff that isn't in my free time. Oh...and apparently a normal 6th grade kid like me should love jellybeans.- iheartmyfamilyabout 11 yearsI feel the same way
zane_zucchiniabout 11 yearsthey don't subtract time in school
velma_vealabout 11 yearsWow, that makes you think about how you have already wasted so much time.
mary_mangoabout 11 yearsI am kind of depressed by this a little bit. Its like sort of counting down to death, but I like to count the days of life. Haha, now I am dependent upon jelly beans.
5urbanabout 11 yearsI think the theme of the story is sort of like if you eat a jelly bean every day for every day of your life.
5ihrigabout 11 yearsThat life is short