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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  • zuza
    zuzaover 10 years
    Awesome!
    • iw110781
      iw110781over 10 years
      gaaaaaaaah I hate being reminded of the sad truth but like I said its truth
      • feliciaover 10 years
        It's really sad. I think I want to see my family and friends on the last few days.
        • guyover 10 years
          really cool
          • sweet cupcakeover 10 years
            this looks cool
            • Marshmellowover 10 years
              I llike to write stories too, and novels about highschool
              • Karkat Vantasover 10 years
                this video is from youtube and i rember watching it a VERY long time eeeego.
                • coolguyover 10 years
                  this is awesome article
                  • Dylanover 10 years
                    Help people and spend time with family
                  • headream100
                    headream100over 10 years
                    Duh I'll write novels, draw popular teenage girls, and read.