It's a Wonderful Life

In my February edition of Reader's Digest there was an article entitled,"It's a Wonderful Life" and it listed ten reasons why we should be thankful for the times we live in. It was written by: John Tierney and I feel it's one of the best articles I have read in a long time. I am going to count down the top 10 reasons we should be counting our blessings each day for the next 10 days..... Enjoy!

#1) Free time:
"As much as we complain about being busy, the typical American has more free time than ever--more than five hours per day, according to time surveys by the U.S. Census Bureau and researchers at the University of Maryland and Penn State. That's a gain of nearly an hour since 1965 and a gain of about four hours since the 19th century. In Victorian England, when life expectancy was only about 50, workers put in 60-hour weeks, from age ten until they died.
If you feel too busy, it's probably only because you're doing so many other things than work. Over the course of a lifetime, you typically spend no more than 20 percent of your waking hours on the job, and experts say there'll be even more free time in the future as life expectancy keeps increasing and work hours keep shrinking. By 2050 in the industrialized world, others project, the average workweek will be just 27 hours."