Posts Tagged "overworked"

5 Ways to Stay Sane When You’re Going Like Crazy

Posted on Oct 28, 2011

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If we’re to believe what the researchers and statisticians tell us, Australians now work the longest hours in the Western World.  What ever happened to that laid back Aussie lifestyle and living the dream?  A thousand years on and we’re working more than medieval peasants did – is it just me, or is something wrong with that picture?

And it’s not just about the work hours. We’re all so caught up in consumerism and our relentless work/spend cycle that couples spend on average only 12 minutes a day talking to each other, 40 minutes a week playing with their kids, and … shock, horror, we’re having less sex.  Now that’s a world totally out of whack.

This epidemic even has a name – AFFLUENZA.  So what’s the cure?