There are a lot of us transplanted Southerners who are interested in seeing this happen and possibly helping to make it happen. If you have teens or younger children who use AOL, please pass this reminder along to them, also. I'm really interested in hearing something more than the one line offerings in a chat room. It seems to me that this state of mind comes about as a result of a complex interaction of external and internal factors and to address either one alone is misleading. Most discussions on this topic seem to focus on internal issues only.
Overwork is a fact of life in our society.
I deal with people frequently who are making things worse by their frantic Responses to stress. Sometimes I do the same things when stuff piles up on me. It is not recognized as a skill or talent, nor valued by our society. I find that it is immensely valued by people I work with. It is subtly pejorative.