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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  • coolgallacey
    coolgallaceyover 10 years
    That is a lot of jelly beans.
    • vonicat
      vonicatover 10 years
      that's too sad...wait, but kids can still make a difference...so HA!
      • Swag😀over 10 years
        I like this article
        • Bobover 10 years
          It's a life average 79 years is average
          • bobover 10 years
            that left me thinking about my life. Im 102right now. what should i do with my one day
            • kk25745over 10 years
              REALLY sad!
              • kk25745over 10 years
                that was sad
                • bsfostert
                  bsfostertover 10 years
                  this is a great article and video
                  • karan69
                    karan69almost 11 years
                    Its sad to know that one day you will be dead. :(
                    • gap430
                      gap430almost 11 years
                      Why do they say that everyone's lifetime is 79 years?