where your time is going vs where your time is spent

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Where your time is going' is used to inquire about the direction or purpose of one's time, while 'where your time is spent' is used to ask about the specific activities or tasks that consume one's time.

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where your time is going

This phrase is correct and commonly used to inquire about the direction or purpose of one's time.

This phrase is used to question the destination or purpose of one's time, often in the context of time management or productivity.

Examples:

I need to figure out where my time is going so I can prioritize better.
Can you tell me where your time is going these days?

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In a few minutes, the young me from your time is going to come through that door.
The time is going, sir.
Time is going by so fast.
Unfortunately, time is going by and nothing is being done.
The Times is going to run it tomorrow.
A Degas appearing after all this time is going to be greeted with a healthy amount of skepticism.
Well now, my time is going, so I want to sing a song.
We have a report which I think for the first time is going to be all but unanimously accepted by this House.
Your lap time is going to be shocking, frankly.
So Ben, don't waste your time going to Hudson University.
Feel free to waste your time going through them.
The time is going to come when you won't be able to hide what you're going through.
One thing we don't know is how many people are going to die, and how much time is going to pass.
Whoo! Seniors in Pawnee have a lot of time on their hands, and what they're doing with that time is going at it hard, old people-style.
The time is going to come when we will impose a ban on this, when carcasses only will be permitted.
Finally I understand, time is going bit by bit, like this.
I mean, time is going by so fast.
What do you think her recovery time is going to be?
Could you let us know exactly how Question Time is going to be organised now?
One day, your time's going to end.

Alternatives:

where your time is being used
where your time is being allocated
where your time is being directed
where your time is being invested
where your time is being focused

where your time is spent

This phrase is correct and commonly used to ask about the specific activities or tasks that consume one's time.

This phrase is used to inquire about the specific activities or tasks that occupy or utilize one's time.

Examples:

I wonder where your time is spent during the day.
It's important to know where your time is spent to make adjustments if needed.

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Your time is spent lolling in bed day after day.
Most of your time is spent being dead or not yet born.
Most of my time is spent waiting.
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Once these guys get published, half their time is spent writing and researching.
Their free time is spent reading and doing homework.
When most of your time is spent fighting death and illness, you look for any victory you can get, even a victory over your own self-doubt.
So most of our mother/daughter time is spent cooking for the bake sales.
Much of his spare time is spent keeping his plane in constant readiness.
The rest of the time is spent teaching.
So in a traditional model, most of the teacher's time is spent doing lectures and grading and whatnot.
Sometimes I wonder whether most of ministers' time is spent trying to design their press releases to say that they have all won for their own industries.
No, but most of our time is spent in the bush, collecting our traps.
As an art student, most of my time is spent in the workshop.
Now it's like all of our free time is spent at these jiujitsu meets, which are the worst.
They are omnivorous and a large part of their active time is spent foraging for food.
I mean, obviously, a lot of my time is spent at the council and, you know, we open the odd new restaurant...
The other issue, on which we are clearly receiving feedback, is that a lot of working time is spent on red tape.
A lot of time is spent, at committee level as well as plenary, in debating amendments in relation to single versus dual legal bases and different views.

Alternatives:

where your time is utilized
where your time is used
where your time is allocated
where your time is dedicated
where your time is invested

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