Some Real Time Zappers

Ever get the feeling that there is something out there that is just zapping the time away. Maybe you just sat down to read a book for 15 minute but it turned into an hour or maybe you said you'd check out the Internet for 10 minutes and next thing you know it's been three hours. It happens to everyone and it feels like something, somewhere is zapping all the time away.

Recently there has been a study done that looked into some of the world's time wasters. These are activities or events that people take part in, thinking it'll take one amount of time and it turns into another amount of time. Here are the top three time wasters the study found.

1. Internet: Possibly the biggest time zapper in the world. Whether you're playing on Facebook, Myspace or the various sports betting sites the Internet really zaps all the time away. Just hop on for a minute and you're sucked in for hours and hours.

2. Shopping: Sometimes it's the sale that attracts your attention. Other times it's new clothing or items. Whatever it is, shopping can be a huge time waster. Most people only plan on going into a store for a few minutes and it turns into something like 4 hours later.

3. Watching Late Night TV: Everyone feels that if they just watch that one extra show it'll help lull them to sleep. It never happens but it's what they believe. Late night TV watching can start off with an innocent few minutes and turn into hours later. There is just something about the bad content that is on late night TV that sucks you in and takes all the time away.

There are hundreds of different time wasters beyond these three. Video games, reading and exercising all make the list. It makes you wonder where all that time really goes!