A study cited by UK outlets reports that people waste significant time each year in everyday routines such as commuting and waiting, and argues that using “on-the-go” time more effectively could help them reclaim up to 22 days annually.
The Mirror and the Daily Express both reference research by Vodafone Three to highlight how time spent traveling and sitting around adds up across the year. While the sources frame the findings differently—one focuses more on the scale of lost time and the existence of ways to be more efficient during travel, and the other emphasizes the impact on how constrained daily life can feel—they describe the same core claim: that time lost in transit and waiting is substantial and potentially recoverable through better use of that time.
