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https://quietjourney.com/community/YABB.cgi?num=1242771654 Message started by Fishpig on May 19th, 2009 at 10:20pm |
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Title: Re: What's the rush? Post by solotripper on May 19th, 2009 at 11:15pm
It never fails too amuse/bewilder me this idea that you can decompress and really relax on a 3-4 day vacation.
Some time off is better than none, but somewhere along the way, we've allowed ourselves too buy into the notion, that we need to be on call/reachable 24/7 all year. I remember when computers were touted as the device that would free us for more leisure/family time. Yes, they have made some things easier, but they've also failed too cut our work time down, in fact most people I know are working more, not less. The media/cell phone/Blackberry people have enabled/convinced us that WE are so important, NO one else can do our job even for a few precious vacation weeks every year. Statistics say we as Americans are taking less vacation time than ever, shorter vacations, and in many instances, NO vacation at all! Between the fear of someone taking our job, and the ego driven idea that were the only one that can do it right, we've turned into a stressed out, unhealthy society, with our families and relationships suffering as a result. I'm still waiting for the computer Kirk had on the Enterprise ;) The Transporter wouldn't be bad either! |
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