In today’s society, it seems like there’s always something to stress about. There just aren’t enough hours in each day to get everything done.

However, when we do focus our attention onto something, it must be done in moderation. Whether it’s work, entertainment, exercise, hobbies, or whatever else fills your time, there has to be a time to stop and do something else.

This is a huge problem in today’s world, people will focus too much on certain things. On one side, it’s too much work, and on the opposite end of the spectrum it’s too much play. Everything can be easy to focus on a bit too hard, and this can lead to other aspects of life suffering.

Equal parts may work for some, but the moderation of each aspect of life has to be determined by the person living it: you. Different ratios will work for different people.

A great way to keep track of time spent is to keep a calendar, or agenda. Most phones have these built in, and if not, major computer operating systems will have them, as does Google, with their calendar service.

This will allow you to see where you’re spending your time, and also allow you to map out time, so you can switch activities before something gets out of hand.

People need not be afraid to make time for entertainment. It is essential to maintaining sanity. All work and no play will indeed make you a dull boy. Just make sure as with everything else, it’s done in moderation.

Too many times have I found myself surfing the internet, or playing video games for too long, and losing track of other goals that need to be accomplished for that day.

Another aspect that needs moderating is work. Workload can be piled on a bit too hard sometimes, but it can’t consume your life. As with everything else, track your time spent working with your agenda. The easiest way is to schedule something important right after work.

Something such as exercise can make a great breakaway activity for work. It gives you a rigid schedule to leave or take a break, and it also is very effective for stress management. Say something like work until 5, gym at 5:30, or whatever works for your life.

The key is to make sure you have time for the most important things every day. Make time for your family, and friends. Make time for your work and your play. And make time for exercise and hobbies.

If one part of your life suffers, the rest will as well.

Everything in moderation.

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Well today’s Friday, the day everyone seems to look forward to in the week.

Working for the weekend, to our time away from vocation, and spend some time doing what we really want.

Now, there are two problems here.

The first being: that there should be some joy in the work you do. Accomplishing something, and especially contributing to society all have their benefits for the ego. Its likely that this has been forgotten in the day-to-day shuffling of the business world, but try to remember why you got into it in the first place.

The second: the weekend just isn’t long enough.

I know the second point goes against what I just said, but there’s a reason for it:

We all need time away from work, and with all the stresses that burden us, we deserve more.

How about a four day work week?

There has been a push for this in recent reporting. The CBC wrote this article detailing how the shortened week inevitably saves the company money, due to lowered energy costs of shutting down the plant on the extra day.

The state of Utah did a yearlong experiment with the four day work week. They have found amazing success, with saving costs for the company and gas for their employees, such as in the CBC article, but also found 82% of the workers preferred the new schedule.

While these two examples involve a longer work day, but shortened work week, the salaries stay the same [at 40 hours a week for standard full time, 4 days a week, 10 hour days].

This keeps you at work longer during the day, but you get the work week done much quicker, with a larger pay-off as well.

My belief is that this will lower stress, increase employee morale [which it has shown in examples], and will also spark the economy, with an extra day for people to go out and spend money on their free time.

Families could possibly improve, with a whole extra day for family time, and making it easy to plan trips without taking time off.

It’s shown to work, and its preferred by employees, while saving employers money, why hasn’t this been done sooner?

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