Work is minimum 8 hours. Add another 2-3 hours for commuting, getting ready for work, and getting ready for being home. Add about 2 hours for cooking and clean up.

So far we’re at 12-13 hours. Add at least 7 hours for sleep (and sometimes turning in bed). We’re now at 19-20 hours. Add about an hour a day of incidentals that come up (social expectations, phone calls with family, etc). Add about two hours if you have kids.

Now we’re at 22-23 hours. Add an hour to two for entertainment and that’s your day.

Now you can change up the math a bit, and you’ll see that “only 4% of the day” is just a bad system for measuring time.

Things I didn’t include:

- bureaucracy related stuff, governmental stuff

- healthcare

- education

- elder care