"Stress admissions to hospital jump"

This was one of the stories in UK newspaper The Daily Mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2201469/Hospital-admissions-stress-jump-7-just-year--men-treated-women.html

Given the enormous changes taking place in the UK this probably should not be a surprise. For many people in work, more is expected of them and with wages stagnant or falling they get less in return.

The deal struck over the last four decades of rising prosperity in exchange for flexible, knowledge based working has been broken. When a computer programmer in India will work for £420 per month and a UK employee might cost £2250 per month (or more) it's not difficult to see how jobs can move country.

The fear of losing one's income is real; it has physical effects. If you read the article you'll see a comment from a person who had a hole in their oesophagus created by an excess of stomach acid in turn caused by stress.

The economic model we follow today is deeply flawed. Most of us want to live a fulfilled life where work is one component of that life not THE component.

Take time to look around you today and think about what you really need. Will new wallpaper make you happy. Is a new larger TV really going to be fulfilling.

It's time to reassess what is important and what is necessary; compared to what is trivial and possibly even health threatening.