How are we spending our life?

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The average lifespan of humans is about 77 years based on Wikipedia. This may seem a lot but how much of this years are productive years. When compared to other animals and creatures, we rank one of the highest.

There is an article showing the lifespan of different animals. Here is the list from it:

MAMMALS         YEARS
Elephant        69
Horse           50
Hippopotamus    49
Chimpanzee      40
Grizzly Bear    32
Bison           30
Lion            30
Tiger           25
Elk             22
Mountain Lion   20
Beaver          19
Wolf            16
Squirrel        16
Chipmunk        12
Cottontail      10
House Mouse     4

BIRDS           YEARS
Turkey Buzzard  118
Swan            102
Parrot           80
Great Horned Owl 68
Eagle            55
English Sparrow  23
Canary           22
Humming Bird      8

REPTILES        YEARS
Giant Tortoise  152
Box Turtle      123
Alligator        68
Snapping Turtle  57
Cobra            28
Cottonmouth      21

AMPHIBIANS      YEARS
Giant Salamander 55
Toad             36
Bullfrog         30
Mud Puppy        23
Green Frog       10
Newt              7

FISH            YEARS
Catfish          60
Eel              55
Carp             47
Mosquitofish      2

INSECTS         YEARS
Cicada           17
Ant (queen)      15

Take for example the lifespan of a butterfly which is only between 2 days to 14 days and yet they make the most of their life. How many of us can say that we have lived our life to the fullest?





In fact, if you sit to analyze it, most of us are spending half of our lives sleeping. This is not to say that sleeping is bad (since we need that down time for the body to do repair and also some people solve a lot of problems in their dreams). However, looking at my own life, a lot of our remaining time are wasted in:
  • watching movies after movies.
  • waiting for things to happen.
  • waiting in queues.
  • arguing (instead of solving problems).
  • making excuses.
Look around us and many times we find successful people are the ones who optimizes their time. Using whatever time they have within the 24 hours each of us have in one day to prepare and train for opportunities.

We also need to take some time off to appreciate the world around us but so as not to be selfish try to preserve is for future generations.

Comments

Zues said…
Actually the things you stated are just part of our lives, and they are the process for us to know actually we can do something better.. Anyway, for me I think importantly we appreciate what we have and be optimistic, that is the only way we can live a happy life.. Anyway, nice post you have here!!! All the best..
September 30, 2008 at 6:15 PM
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