Adult lives are simply too busy

Small business owner Nicole Avery entertains her five children - Moss, 13, Eamonn, 11, Stirling, 6, Magnus, 3, and Mable, 8 - but only focuses on doing a few things a day. Picture: David Caird Source: Herald Sun

STRESSED Aussies try to save time by emailing during intimate moments, washing clothes with a hose and putting dogs on a treadmill, a new report shows.

Two-thirds of adults would even choose a good night's sleep over sex - but most would feel guilty about it, according to The MORE Report, released today.

The independent research, sponsored by Blackmores, shows just how much Australians are trying to fit into every day.

It finds 68 per cent of adults think life is getting busier, 61 per cent say they can't get everything done in a day, and 95 per cent say they have woken up tired in the last two weeks.

However, 60 per cent of adults enjoy working and 63 per cent feel working hard is important.

The survey of 500 adults aged 18 to 50 by Empirica Research also found many respondents are willing to sacrifice things that make them happy and readily cut corners to squeeze more out of each day.

It also found they will go to crazy lengths to get everything done, using time-saving measures such as:

FEEDING children Weetbix for dinner rather than cooking.

PUTTING kids to bed in the clothes they will wear the next day.

GOOGLING health concerns rather than seeing a doctor.

REWEARING unwashed clothes from the laundry basket.

However, Pam Stone, Blackmore's director of education, said these time-savers were a "deceptive trap".

"Corner-cutting doesn't make Australians happy. We are increasingly tired and actually feel guilty that we're neglecting the important things in life, like health and family. Yet we don't stop," she said.

Ms Stone said the research shows that "tiredness and corner-cutting is the epidemic of our times".

Founder of mums' website planningwithkids.com and mother of five Nicole Avery has learnt that multitasking is often inefficient.

"Although I am busy, I know I am better off doing one thing at a time properly," she said.

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