Laboring Just To Keep Up

Posted 10 March, 2010 in Diet Programs

There’s some factuality to the argument that people are working harder but are making less money. Certainly, if you ask your friends, you’ll probably find that they’re all working hard, yet they can only ever find an amount of cash on hand to just get by. While we’re working harder, the costs of items we need continues to go up. Consider the cost of Lasik eye surgery for instance. While in previous ages Lasik eye cost may not have been as effective, the cost of the equipment and expertise that was needed would not have been as significant, and so doctors would probably have been capable of charging less. While the cost of Lasik has gone up, the amount of time we’ll need to work if we want such a surgery to be done has also increased.

Why has this happened? One of the issues may be the ever-expanding population of the Earth. As more and more individuals have children, the number of people who are in existence demanding things will increase. The law of supply and demand states that as demand increases, so do prices. This is logical, as the number of goods that can be given remains the same while the number of people who need it increases, only those who are willing to spend more money will be capable of taking advantage of the product.

So population is one reason. Another is the method in which our priorities have been changed over the years. While those of just fifty years or sixty years ago, before and during World War II, would have been happy to save money and purchase less, the economy of today is consumer centered, and those who take part in it must purchase a lot in order to keep the economy moving.

Consider the amount you’ve spent on luxury items this month. Now think if it would be likely that you’d purchase that much on such items a hundred years ago. We’re spending more money on goods now than we ever have, and the reason is that we’re more concerned about keeping up with what other individuals are doing.

The result of this is that we’re required to work harder in order to have the things that we think we need, but the fact is that we don’t need them, we’re buying them for someone else’s satisfaction. So then the only logical conclusion is that we’re working harder, spending more money, but are ultimately less satisfied with our lives.

It’s probably worth taking a step back and thinking about where we’re placing our money. Do you absolutely need another t-shirt? Should you really purchase that new video game system? There are heaps of things that are cheap and enjoyable, it’s just that our society doesn’t celebrate them. If you’re working all the time and are becoming unhappy, consider some of the ways you can enjoy yourself without wasting all your hard earned cash. You’ll feel a lot better about yourself if you do this.

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