According to this interactive graphic from the New York Times, people spend a lot of time working, eating, sleeping, and maybe doing some traveling and socializing during their days. The graphic is pretty nifty to click around on, so give it a try. A snapshot of what it looks like is here:
That light blue band on the bottom is for “relaxing and thinking” time, which I was both happy and not happy to see. On the one hand it is nice to see that the category even exists at all but on the other hand it looks pretty darn tiny. I care about relaxing and thinking time because it is so important for creativity.
Without downtime, you can pretty much expect creativity to come to a halt. With creativity being so important in the construction of good quality maps, since no two mapping circumstances are exactly the same, a person engaged in mapping on a day to day basis needs to incorporate this into a typical day.
#1 by Kevin on September 29, 2010 - 3:05 am
Excellent post! I just ordered a copy of your book today. I’ve been working in the GIS field for about 10 yrs now. I have a background in Biology so I’ve always felt my cartography skills were lacking. I enjoy being creative and your book got some excellent reviews, so I decided to purchase it. Can’t wait to get started.
#2 by Gretchen on September 29, 2010 - 1:55 pm
Great!