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View Poll Results: How many hours do you spend reading on an average day? | |||
Less than an hour | 11 | 5.82% | |
1 hour | 38 | 20.11% | |
2 hours | 63 | 33.33% | |
3 hours | 41 | 21.69% | |
4 hours | 15 | 7.94% | |
5 or more hours | 21 | 11.11% | |
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11-12-2012, 11:21 PM | #31 |
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I answered 5+ hours. That is joy of being retired, I can read off and on all day as well as the middle of the night insomniac hour or two.
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11-12-2012, 11:31 PM | #32 |
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+/- 2 Hrs a day, slightly more on weekdays, very little on weekends. About an hour each way on the train to/from work, plus some time at lunch. Weekends are busy with kids, so I don't have time (or as much inclination).
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11-13-2012, 05:05 AM | #33 |
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I answered 2 hours on average, but the amount of time I read for pleasure varies greatly. There are days I don't read any books; other times I read for many hours. It depends on how busy I am with other things.
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11-13-2012, 06:40 AM | #34 |
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On an average day, between 1 and 2 hours. With work, video games, TV, movies, spending time with my wife, playing with the cats, chores, etc....there just aren't enough hours in a day. On a great, lazy, nothing to do day? 5+ hours, easily.
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11-13-2012, 07:39 AM | #35 |
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A couple of hours for me. Some time on the commute to work, my lunch hour and before I go to sleep.
At weekends, probably a little bit more, if not the same. |
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11-13-2012, 08:27 AM | #36 |
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I do about 4 hours at work (I sit at a PC all day. I have my iPad next to monitor and read while my programs are running. Mornings, I get in early and lunch are spent on my iPad) and another hour at home. So about 5 hours a day. On the week ends only about 2 hours, less if the day and night are nice but more on bad/cold days I do more reading.
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11-13-2012, 09:01 AM | #37 |
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For me it varies; leisure reading can go from zero to 14 hours depending on the day of the week, the season, and whether there is a Bethesda RPG recently out.
(Or if I get dragged out to go--shudder--shopping.) If I include web-surfing and reading emails then the range runs from 2 to 18 hours. It helps that I rarely need more than 6 hours sleep and I'm not a foodie. Last edited by fjtorres; 11-13-2012 at 09:03 AM. |
11-13-2012, 09:12 AM | #38 | |
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I read about the same throughout the year. TV is the biggest summertime casualty for me in terms of outdoor activites. |
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11-13-2012, 09:59 AM | #39 |
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It actually depends on my job respectively my projects.
When traveling within Germany, I usually take the train. On the train, I'm only doing 3 things: Eating, sleeping and reading. More or less the same in hotels: Eating, sleeping and reading. So, when at home, I'll read 2 to 3 hours per days. When traveling, it can be 5 hours and sometimes even more. That's why I love my tablets: With a tablet as your travel companion, you cover it all: Reading, watching moves, surfing the web, writing emails. If I include reading and writing emails in the equations, this easily adds another 3 or more hours per day. |
11-13-2012, 10:49 AM | #40 |
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This is tough to answer; it might be 2 hours. Might be more if I go to the gym and read while I'm on exercise equipment, rather than walking or biking outside (much harder to read then!). Sometimes I read more than one book in a day, and rarely read in large continuous blocks of time, so the 2 hours is only a guess. It's probably more like 1 to 3 hours, and 2 would be my average.
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11-13-2012, 02:44 PM | #41 |
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I read for about 2 hours on average per day; more if you count blogging or looking up stuff on the web.
I read the paper after breakfast every day and then books for about an hour after lunch and supper. Could be several hours more in the evening if I'm into a good book. Once a week I read a news magazine (Time) for a couple of hours. If I happen to be taking a course then those readings would cut into my time for other reading. |
11-13-2012, 04:10 PM | #42 |
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I'm another one who mostly reads in bed before I go to sleep... so that's less than an hour a day. At the weekends and when I'm off work it probably goes up to 1-2 hours. I'll only read more than that if I'm in the middle of a really great book.
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11-13-2012, 08:09 PM | #43 |
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You are my idol! If I go to bed the same time as my husband (9:45), I read until about 1 am. If it is a weekend, I get a little more reading in, because if it is a really good book, I might read it during the day as well. I used to get more reading done while waiting for my daughter, but with the advent of Angry Birds and Frontline Commando, I do other things while I am sitting in the car waiting for LaX practice to end.
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11-13-2012, 08:50 PM | #44 |
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I used to read in the morning while having my coffee, but now I check the MR Freebies/Deals section instead!
Other than that I read at lunchtime and in the evening, unless there's something really great on my DVR. So I would say about 3 hours on an average day, more if I really get caught up in a book or find myself with more free time on a given day. |
11-13-2012, 11:26 PM | #45 |
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I said 4, though it is more on weekends and can be less on work days. Being an outdoorsy dog person, it also depends on the weather. I hate that I love rainy weekends. Don't tell my dog!!
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