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xkcd #1205

Is It Worth the Time?

by Randall MunroePublished: License: CC BY-NC 2.5

Comic: Is It Worth the Time? (xkcd #1205). Transcript below.

Is It Worth the Time? © Randall Munroe · xkcd · CC BY-NC 2.5

Hover textDon't forget the time you spend finding the chart to look up what you save. And the time spent reading this reminder about the time spent. And the time trying to figure out if either of those actually make sense. Remember, every second counts toward your life total, including these right now.

Why it lands

A lookup table for a question that otherwise turns into an argument: how much effort a routine shortcut is worth over five years. Shaving one second off something you do fifty times a day buys you a full day of work; shaving a day off something yearly buys five. The hover text keeps counting.

Transcript

  1. HOW LONG CAN YOU WORK ON MAKING A ROUTINE TASK MORE EFFICIENT BEFORE YOU'RE SPENDING MORE TIME THAN YOU SAVE?
  2. (ACROSS FIVE YEARS)
  3. HOW OFTEN YOU DO THE TASK
  4. HOW MUCH TIME YOU SHAVE OFF
  5. 50/DAY
  6. 5/DAY
  7. DAILY
  8. WEEKLY
  9. MONTHLY
  10. YEARLY
  11. 1 SECOND
  12. 5 SECONDS
  13. 30 SECONDS
  14. 1 MINUTE
  15. 5 MINUTES
  16. 30 MINUTES
  17. 1 HOUR
  18. 6 HOURS
  19. DAY
  20. DAY
  21. 2 HOURS
  22. 30 MINUTES
  23. 4 MINUTES
  24. 1 MINUTE
  25. 5 SECONDS
  26. DAYS
  27. 12 HOURS
  28. 2 HOURS
  29. 21 MINUTES
  30. 5 MINUTES
  31. 25 SECONDS
  32. 4 WEEKS
  33. DAYS
  34. 12 HOURS
  35. 2 HOURS
  36. 30 MINUTES
  37. 2 MINUTES
  38. 8 WEEKS
  39. DAYS
  40. DAY
  41. 4 HOURS
  42. 1 HOUR
  43. 5 MINUTES
  44. 9 MONTHS
  45. 4 WEEKS
  46. DAYS
  47. 21 HOURS
  48. 5 HOURS
  49. 25 MINUTES
  50. 6 MONTHS
  51. 5 WEEKS
  52. DAYS
  53. DAY
  54. 2 HOURS
  55. 10 MONTHS
  56. 2 MONTHS
  57. DAYS
  58. DAYS
  59. 5 HOURS
  60. 2 MONTHS
  61. 2 WEEKS
  62. DAY
  63. 8 WEEKS
  64. DAYS

Credits

Original
Is It Worth the Time? — Randall Munroe, xkcd

The English page shows the original image unmodified. The Japanese page shows an adaptation by wtfe²: the lettering was erased from the art and replaced with a Japanese translation. The adaptation is shared under the same license as the original.