The workday. The grind. The ol’ eight-to-five. Americans typically put in at least 40 hours a week at their job, which is a significant chunk of your life! So naturally, every single minute you spend at work is incredibly productive, right? No? Oh… good. Me neither. Between Marris, our promo guy distracting me for at least a few minutes every day (JK, Heart you, Marris!) to the HUGE temperature difference between the studios and the offices, I really am not productive 100% of the time (which is probably part of why I spend 10+ hours a day here, instead of 8, but I digress…).

A new survey agrees with me. They found that the average person is only productive for the equivelant of 3 total days a week, 2 and a half if it’s hot outside!

Here’s the top 10 reasons we aren’t as productive as we like to pretend we are:

1. Getting a bad night of sleep.

2. Being too hot in the office.

3. Coworkers distracting you.

4. Computer problems.

5.A noisy office.

6. Boredom.

7. Being distracted by personal issues.

8. Feeling hungry.

9. Being too cold in the office.

10. Being hungover.

Well research didn’t find this in the top 10, but I’d like to add social media as number 11. Even at my last job, where they blocked social media from our computers, we had ways around that… plus, our phones.

What are some reasons you find it hard to concentrate?