Lengthening Workweeks Robbing Americans of Sleep

re: Lengthening Workweeks Robbing Americans of Sleep

seg — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:46:55 GMT

Try running your car on a low or dead battery, see how far it'll go.......

Similar if you don't get enough sleep, YOU BE THE JUDGE.........

All work and no sleep makes Jack a tired, sick, beat, and SOON TO BE dead boy......

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Katie B — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:48:07 GMT

I totally agree! And since I have to be at work earlier than I used to, I haven't been getting the quality of sleep I need either (I am just not an early-morning person, no matter what time I go to bed or sleep), and have put on several pounds. I think, also, when we don't get enough sleep, we don't make as good a food choices (is that grammatically correct?) because (at least in my case) we don't feel like making something and when I'm tired, I don't care about anything but sleep.

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jeffa_203 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:19:39 GMT

I would like to know everyone's thoughts on vacations as well. :)

"No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one."

--ElbertHubbard

My roommate recently made the most out of a 3 day weekend with a fishing trip to Miami. The catch was that he returned on the morning he started back to work.

That's not a vacation! :)

I need at least a whole day to myself when i return from vacation, or else i feel like i never got any rest during my vacation.

re: Lengthening Workweeks Robbing Americans of Sleep

New to Natural — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:00:31 GMT

When are we going to get it?

We all spend so much time working and worrying about work because we're focused on that tiny little paycheck at the end of the week. And honestly, what does that paycheck really do for us?

If we truly think about the cost: the disposable lifestyle, daycare, groceries, processed foods....etc that come with working 40+ hours a week, we'd all be better off if we worked less and conserved more.

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shaneperrone — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:42:44 GMT

Sad how people have to trade so much to get ahead in a career.

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mama bear — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:29:36 GMT

Sleep is definitely important. I agree that shift work or night shift work messes with your circadian rhythms and I believe it shortens your life. My dad worked night shift all his life from age 16 on and was diagnosed with colon cancer less than 3 months after he retired. He died 3 weeks after his 65th birthday. I am sure that his shift work contributed to it.

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Aaltrude — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:51:11 GMT

My health has been compromised by the lack of sleep resulting from doing shift and on call work in a health care setting. The thing that really annoyed me was that the managers were not interested in the fact that the workplace and its policies were making me sicker and would have forced me to continue the downward spiral had my doctor not instructed them otherwise. They were more interested in making sure everyone did their fair share and once one person was adversly effected they did not even consider what they could do to prevent other workers developing similar problems. I have now left that environment but unfortunately there are other workers heading the same way.

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Charisse — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:59:14 GMT

We are all so stressed in this country!...lack of sleep, poor diet, lack of exercise, not to mention the stress that samurai talks about.....is aging us all very quickly, not to mention lowering our immune systems....When will companies and schools get it???? healthy employees/students are happy, productive, loyal employees/students.....

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samurai — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:02:56 GMT

At Pepsi, you were emotionally docked for using all vacation / holiday time entitled to you, if you were in management. Needless to say, I was not always in good standing because I actually took my weekends off. If you were arriving to work later than 7:30a.m. and leaving the office any earlier than 5:30p.m. you were viewed as a "goof off". You should see the aging that occurs across the board when people live on Diet Pepsi, whatever is in the vending machine, alcohol, and the drive to "win".
I did my indentured servitude. I look a lot younger now.
Sleep is everything.