Most Americans believe they work more today than they did 35 years ago. Yet according to the American Time Use Survey, an ambitious project that for 41 years has been asking thousands of participants to keep detailed time diaries, Americans now have five more hours of leisure per week (38) than they did in 1965. - Can't Get No Satisfaction by Jennifer Senior, New York Magazine

Hat tip to Manano for the pointer to the article. It's long, but worth a read, especially if you're feeling burned out.

From my primitive attempts using the Combined National Time Use Studies, I see that the "household chores" category is dropping at a rate of about 5 minutes/decade to a current level of 23 minutes/day, vs. TV, which rose sharply from 1965 to 1975, and remains at an average of ~130 minutes/day. So we're making time for what's satisfying, clearly.