We are so busy making a living that we forget to make a life
Surviving
“We are so busy making a living that we forgot to make a life.” This statement is one of the best descriptions of Hong Kong dwellers. There are multitudinous researches have stated that Hong Kong is one of the fastest pace of living, one of the cities having the most expensive land price in the world, one of the most stressful city…etc. I believe these “one of the” can explain why Hong Kong people are so unhappy. In the following paragraph, I would like to discuss the contradiction of our lifestyle and giving out some of the suggestion.
Why am I using “contradiction” instead of using “problem” in last paragraph?
It’s because I think a lot of Hong Kong people chooses to live for work instead of work for a living. According to an up-to-dated research did by the University of Hong
Kong “Public Opinion Programme”, the negative influences caused by the working environment and amount of hours worked has been investigated. The result of the analysis has showed, there are more than 40% of employees facing the problem of insomnia. Even within the interviewees that did not suffered from insomnia, but more than 80% is still feeling tired after they wake up in bed. Around 35% of repliers have pointed out a very serious problem. They are suffering an imbalanced life both physically and psychologically. Base on the result of the sentiment evaluation form
(DASS21), they occur different level of depression, anxiety and stress. Furthermore they sacrifice their interest, as well as their family and social life through the process of living for work instead of working for a living.
"Everyone is stressed, and we've begun to think of that as normal, because we've gotten used to it," says psychotherapist Robert Friedman, author of “How to
Relax in 60 Seconds or Less”. "We sometimes try to pretend it isn't there, but stress is a hidden killer." Therefore we should put our face on this issue, to make some changes personally to achieve
“We are so busy making a living that we forgot to make a life.” This statement is one of the best descriptions of Hong Kong dwellers. There are multitudinous researches have stated that Hong Kong is one of the fastest pace of living, one of the cities having the most expensive land price in the world, one of the most stressful city…etc. I believe these “one of the” can explain why Hong Kong people are so unhappy. In the following paragraph, I would like to discuss the contradiction of our lifestyle and giving out some of the suggestion.
Why am I using “contradiction” instead of using “problem” in last paragraph?
It’s because I think a lot of Hong Kong people chooses to live for work instead of work for a living. According to an up-to-dated research did by the University of Hong
Kong “Public Opinion Programme”, the negative influences caused by the working environment and amount of hours worked has been investigated. The result of the analysis has showed, there are more than 40% of employees facing the problem of insomnia. Even within the interviewees that did not suffered from insomnia, but more than 80% is still feeling tired after they wake up in bed. Around 35% of repliers have pointed out a very serious problem. They are suffering an imbalanced life both physically and psychologically. Base on the result of the sentiment evaluation form
(DASS21), they occur different level of depression, anxiety and stress. Furthermore they sacrifice their interest, as well as their family and social life through the process of living for work instead of working for a living.
"Everyone is stressed, and we've begun to think of that as normal, because we've gotten used to it," says psychotherapist Robert Friedman, author of “How to
Relax in 60 Seconds or Less”. "We sometimes try to pretend it isn't there, but stress is a hidden killer." Therefore we should put our face on this issue, to make some changes personally to achieve