New Jersey residents wish 'Jersey Shore' would disappear - CNN.com
Now, I have never seen this show, but I would image it is about 20-somethings drinking, going to clubs/parties, having sex, and going to the beach everyday. And about the 'normal' people that get upset because their lives are nothing like that. They don't make as much money, they don't have time to work out, they are too stressed out and tired to even have sex. I wonder how many of the upset people are just jealous that they didn't live like that when they were younger?
It all comes down to the work-life balance (
Work?life balance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), and I think that this has gotten tipped too far in favor of work for the majority of people that it is causing problems. And since people have to work in order to 'keep up' with their neighbors instead of being happy, and that the vast majority of jobs with benefits require you to work 40+ hours a week, things aren't going to get better anytime soon.
As I was hiking in Zion National Park last weekend while taking a break from partying in Vegas*, I realized that my proper work-life balance would be 2 days working, 5 days off. With a month off in the Summer to travel the world.
The question is what would you do with 5 days off a week? Would you be productive? Would you hang out with friends more? Would you travel more, have better relationships, work out? Do you think you would be more focused on work during the two or three days you were there because your personal life wasn't on your mind that you could be more productive?
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These organizations have a pretty good idea of how our lifestyles need to adjust since we are so much more productive now, yet don't have enough time to do much. I think a lot of our problems could be fixed if people were happier and by working less, and having companies hire more people would do this.
*I am planning to write about how to visit Vegas and not spend a lot of money, yet still have a good time.