How many of you women have wished there were more than 24 hours in a day? For, going by recent research, a woman has quite a packed life.She might plan her next meal with delighted precision and then spend the time after it worrying about how she���ll lose all the calories! We took some such figures to women, who nod in total agreement.
Yrs: 10 Spent in: Dieting The obsession with size zero may be recent, but the desire to have a svelte and toned figure is old and time consuming.
An average woman goes on two diets every year, with each lasting an average of five weeks, equivalent to 104 diets or ten years in a lifetime! ���I prepare a fresh diet chart each week and that���s largely because I fail to stick to it,��� says Kanika Dev, a business consultant.
Yrs: 9 Spent in: ShoppingWomen love to shop and they indulge in it for a whopping 399 hours and 46 minutes each year, which is nine years of retail therapy over a lifetime. ���My wife can shop or window shop for hours without feeling tired,��� sighs Navdeep Brar, a business analyst.
Yrs: 4 Spent in: Yapping on the phone A study claims that girls spend four years of their life on the phone. Women make or receive an average of 2,88,000 calls in their lives which last for 42,000 hours or 4.75 years! ���I talk on the phone for more than four hours each day,��� admits Amrita, who works in an advertising firm.
Yrs: 3 Spent in: Preening before a night outJust two minutes more ��� that���s the most oft-heard line from the women folk. Those two minutes actually sum up to three years in a lifetime. ���It���s important to have one last look in the mirror before stepping out of home, but then it doesn���t take that long!��� protests Meghna Wadhwa, a budding architect.
Yrs: 2 Spent in: Wearing make-upYour mascara and lipstick might be taking about 603 days of your life. And another 170 are spent taking it off! ���What���s wrong with looking good? Don���t men want us to look good too?��� asks Melinda, who works in the hospitality industry.
Yrs: 2 �� spent in: Doing up one���s hairThose tresses have to be washed, cut, coloured and styled, which takes away two and a half years from one���s lifespan. Says Pooja Bhalla, an IT executive, ���I always carry a hair brush with me and use it after every few hours.���
Yrs: 2 Spent in: Thinking about next mealMulling over the next meal takes two years of a woman���s life! ���I start thinking of a yum evening snack option during the lunch hour itself,��� confesses Shalini, a call centre executive.
Yrs: 1�� Spent in: Locked in the ladies��� roomWomen spend one year, seven months and 15 days in the washroom in their entire lives. ���You shower, dry and powder yourself, and moisturise. Each of these things is important. Women aren���t as dirty as men!��� explains Shreya.
Yrs: 1 Spent in: Deciding what to wearTrying to decide the perfect outfit consumes a year of a woman���s life. ���I spend 20 minutes daily deciding what to wear to work,��� says Aman Khullar, a bank executive, ���It takes even longer to pick an outfit for a Saturday night.���
Time: 58.4 days Spent in: Removing unwanted hair ���It���s a basic hygiene need and not a beauty treatment,��� verifies Anjana Shukla, a class XI student. Well, going by that women spend 58.4 days in shaving, waxing or using creams.
And, if you still think you have some time at hand, then digest this! You spend 27 years of your life sleeping, another 2 standing in a queue and if nothing at all, 2 years in simply getting bored!
Boys��� time outMen ogle at up to 10 different girls for a good 43 minutes a day, which translates into a year of their lifetime, while women eye around six men a day, consuming six months of their life
On an average, men spend 76 minutes a day rumour-mongering, while women do it for just 52 minutes