while i find those facts enlightening and interesting, i'd really like to know who the other countries are and where they stand in the world? yes, the US population spends lots of time at work, and i used to do the same but no longer. while lately i can say that getting up and going to work has NOT been as high on my list as it used to be. but after doing some thinking about that, i realized why i've come to dislike going to work. it's not because it's keeping me from doing the things i like, because, i'm still making time for myself to do what i enjoy. but i think why i've come to feel the way i do about work is because, i'm not busy or interested in what i'm working on. sad as it may be, i miss the days of getting up and knowing i had something definitive to get done that day. now, i get up and think of something that i can do to pass the day along. i know i definately don't fall into that statistic down there. regardless of how busy i am at work, i made sure i took a vacation every summer. so, will i have time to take a vacation this year....hell yes! and i'll be taking two of them...maybe even three!!!

work is what you make of it. if you hate it, quit, find what you want to do. if you don't, you keep working and make time for yourself.