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Out of Time?

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As a truck driver, I am required by law to keep a log book of all my time spent on duty and driving, as well as showing when I am off duty.

I also have been feeling quite stressed out lately.  A while back I quit my weekend radio gig, which has given me more free time, which I have desperately needed.  Still, it feels like there's not enough time in the day, and consequently I stay up way too late and go to work way too early (i.e., 2:30 AM tomorrow) which isn't safe or healthy.

I was wondering how much ACTUAL free time I had on a daily basis.  Is there something I could do to make my free time more efficient?  Do I really have to depend on four hours of sleep each night?

So today, I did the math.

Mind you, I'm no mathematician, so this could be completely inaccurate.

Here's the formula I came up with:

((hrs per month) - (work + sleep + set obligations)) / days per month = avg. "free" time per day

For example:

Last month, there were 30 days (720 hours).  I worked 226.25 hours, attended church services (including driving) for 28 hours, and slept (yeah right) for 7 hours per day (not even close, but used to represent what I should be sleeping) which comes to 210 hours of theoretical sleep.

720 - 226.25 = 493.75 hours not at work.

493.75 - 28 = 465.75 hours not working or attending church services.

465.75 - 210 (yeah right) = 255.75 hours of non-dedicated time.

255.75 hours / 30 days = 8.525 hours per day of "free" time.

Perhaps there is enough time in the day.  I should just learn to be more efficient with my spare time.