One change could see you claw back 22 days a year in wasted time

NewsUK NewsLife hacksPeople are wasting 10 hours a weekNeil Shaw Assistant Editor08:35, 14 Aug 2026People could unlock more than three weeks of unproductive time a year if they could run their lives more effectively from their mobiles on-the-go. The average person wastes nearly two hours a week on the commute and more than an hour sitting in waiting rooms, according to research by VodafoneThree. Picking up children and other dependents also burns through more than an hour of potentially useful time.‌In total, Brits' unproductive time amounts to more than 10 hours a week - far more than Hungary, France, Germany, Spain, Australia, Singapore and South Korea. If the UK adopted the on-the-go mentality of Hungary - which ranked as the most productive in the study - Brits could claw back 22 days