55 by the Numbers

20,000 days
2,820 weeks
350 million breaths
2 billion heart beats

5,500 loads of laundry
5 washing machines
825 lost socks
120 pairs of blue jeans

4,000 movies
625 books
73,000 hours of TV
73,000 hours at work

275 million words
500 million blinks
1.5 million curses
50,000 drinks (of water)

20,000 showers
120,000 yawns
30,000 cups of coffee
2,500 hours mowing the lawn

190 deodorant sticks
270 tubes of toothpaste
14,000 face shaves
45 tons of landfill waste

140 colds
100,000 kisses
278 bacteria (per kiss)
12,500 sneezes

160,000 hours of sleep
400,000 smiles
100 million steps
580,000 driving miles

27,000 gallons of gas
10 different cars
100 oil changes
10,000 candy bars

5,500 pounds of sugar
1,500 pounds of french fries 
750 gallons of beer
120,000 little white lies

11 Presidents
20 foreign wars
23 domestic riots
2 and 3/4 score

100,000 dreams
14,500 hours of reading
40 years of abstract thinking
160,000 hours daydreaming

We’re not getting old, we’re doubling down

November 19, 2014
The numbers of things used or consumed in life by a 55-year-old in America.