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Plagued by stress, a growing number of people in modern society say they think time is becoming more precious than money and they're trying to slow down. People say they have become worn down. This exhaustion however represents a paradox¹. They are extraordinarily stressed out even though they make more money, have more leisure time, and enjoy more time-saving and efficient technology than adults did a generation ago. The reasons underlying this paradox are varied.

Many people, especially married women, are working longer at their jobs now than they were then - although they have cut back on the amount of work they do around home. The anxieties wrought by the increasingly competitiveglobal economy have put many on edge, not to mention the fact that work can intrude via fax, E-mail or cellular phone anywhere, from the living room to the family minivan.

In addition, analysts bave found that the proliferation² Of labor-saving devices in the home makes it easier for folks to fret more about how to spend their free time - an option they largely lacked as recently as 50 years ago. Moreover, some of the stress arises from a burgeoning³ consumerist sense of entitlement and expectation about what life ought to provide.

Finally, there's the thesis of economist Stefan Linder, who argued in a book called The Harried Leisure Class that affluence itself engendered⁴ an increasing scarcity of time. His argument is that productivity increases the value of time spent at work, and folks who want to maximize their worth then feel they should work more.

I believe that it is time to unplug from a system that gives little to no free-time in the guise of enhanced productivity. Sometimes, retreating into one's own private corner for some quiet time can just be the magic pill that both enhanced productivity and steadies frayed nerves.

Meanings of Words

1: A situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature
2: Excessive and rapid growth
3: Sudden growth or development
4: To cause
 

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