We have 24 hours in a day.
For arguments' sake, lets say the average working American sleeps 6 hours a day.
That leaves you with 18 hours of wake time.
Also for arguments' sake, lets say you wake up at 6am to get ready for work,
Work a 8-10 hour day (leave the office around 6pm),
Then commute home anywhere between 30 mins to 1 hour.
That steals 13 hours - all of which you are getting ready for work, commuting to work, actually working, and commuting back home from work.
Now if I do my math correctly, 18 minus 13 = 5 hours.
So approximately for 5 days out of a 7-day week, you have 5 hours to your "real" life?!?!!
My definition of real life:
Cooking (need to feed yourself/family), cleaning (can't be a complete slob, right?), exercising (maintain good health to keep up w/ the massive American portions), PLUS the appreciation of what REALLY counts family, relationships, hobbies (need to have stuff that interests you), friendships, and can't forget Yourself (muy importante) can all be appreciated in 5 hours?!? Ice-ing my knees, cooking, or watching a good TV program just takes an hour in of itself!
There is something f'd up about this.
If I was president, EVERYONE working on average 5 days a week should work only 4 days a week for 10 hour days so that they get 3 full days (instead of of 2) free to really enjoy their LIFE (or HAVE a life). Who knows, people may be happier, lose more weight, and be better parents/children if the quality of life was improved in the smallest of ways (gotta start somewhere, right?)
Women, particularly superwomen, can have strokes in their 30s (true fact). Do we just want to do everything and conquer the world and re-define multi-tasking? Or do we just have no choice?
Ew. The toilet water at work has this tint of brown color no matter how many times you flush. That's..... nice.
