Working Just To Keep Up
Posted on February 20, 2010
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There’s some factuality to the argument that people are working harder but are making less money. Certainly, if you query your friends, you’ll probably find that they’re all working more, 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 rise. Consider the cost of Lasik eye surgery as an example. While in previous times Lasik eye cost may not have been as effective, the price for the equipment and expertise that was required would not have been as significant, and so doctors would probably have been capable of charging less. While the cost of Lasik has risen, the amount of time we’ll have to work if we want this kind of surgery to be done has also increased.
Why has this happened? One of the reasons may be the ever-expanding number of us on the Earth. As more and more people have children, the amount of people who are in existence demanding products will increase. The rule of supply and demand says that as demand increases, so do prices. This is logical, as the amount of goods that can be given remains the same while the amount 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 the number of people is one reason. Another is the method in which our priorities have been altered over the years. While those of only fifty years or sixty years ago, before and during World War II, would have been content to save money and spend less, the economy of today is consumer centered, and those who take part in it must spend 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 spend that much on such things a hundred years ago. We’re spending more money on goods now than we ever have, and the reason is that we’re more worried about keeping up with what other people are doing.
The result of this is that we have 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 purchasing 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 worthwhile to take a step back and thinking about where we’re putting our money. Do you absolutely need another t-shirt? Should you really buy that new video game system? There are plenty of things that are cheap and fun to do, it’s just that our culture doesn’t celebrate them. If you’re working more and more and are becoming unhappy, think about some of the ways you can enjoy yourself without wasting all your needed cash. You’ll feel much better about yourself if you take this step.
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