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How come so many people get the work/ life balance wrong?

What's the point of spending most of the best part of your life trying to get money?

Public Comments

1. so you can afford to retire! I admit though, getting addicted to money is not the way to go
2. and the rest of it spending it lol that's the way it goes unfortunately, but if it was the other way around we would not have time to make enough money for the amount of time we had for spending it.
3. because otherwise you havent got much of a life
4. i guess people just have diff priorities. for me, i go to work, its fine, i earn a good wage, but when i get home, thats it, no more work! i switch off and enjoy my evening and weekends! we have friends who literally get in and continue to work till 10 every night - its beyond me. i reckon its all about time management during the day!
5. Because we have to pay that much out in tax, insurance bills and shopping, etc. And then sometimes we have a little left for ourselves to spend on a treat like a cinema trip or heaven forbid a takeaway!! Believe me it's not through choice, as I get little time with my family!! But some of the scroungers do better than me and probably you and many others!!
6. because having money gives you the opportunity to do things
7. You know this is a question i have been asking recently myself i have the answer though....yrs ago the point of going to work was so put food on the table mmm so simple and uncomplicated....but the answer is peoples wants and needs get all out of balance and this world has become very much focused on material wealth but with that comes stress morgages and debt...you really wonder if it all worth it a lot do it yes to be comfortable in there retirement but its sad to think that now you are to old to really enjoy life as you are nearlly at the end of it....and if you think your doing it for your kids forget it how many really appreciate it a lot cant wait till your gone to get it all sorry to say but true....it all comes down to as you say a balance i will leave you with one thought though money doesnt bring you happiness........the thing i think that will make you happy is memories....
8. at least someone thinks the way I do! I've started thinking of myself as a looser just because I'm not willing to work 12 hours a day. I don't think I'm very ambitious, but it's not because of lack of self confidence! I know how smart and how this and that (bunch of nice things I think about myself, and I really do!), but I don't want to slave my life away! I wan to enjoy it! I'm not lazy, but I'd rather have many different activities, than one ... And I don't care how much I'm earning! I want to do things that make me happy, and make me feel good about myself! Maybe I'm just not competitive, and that's why I don't enjoy "run through life as fast as you can" lifestyle, but .. hey ... what does the one who runs the race fast? gets to the end quickly .. and why would I want to get there sooner? I can understand dedication to certain kinds of jobs ... I can understand people who work for charity, and I can understand artists and all those who create when they work, those who really honestly enjoy their jobs .. but I can't understand people in sales, or law, or ... anything that means having constant fight .. those jobs look like constant battlefield, and I can't even imagine what would be such a strong motivation for me to get into any of these ...