Employers expect top intensity of production out of their workers. Employees put up with this pressure because they want the money they are earning to buy those things they feel they've got to own. Even our children tend to be involved in too many activities.
Many kids barely have time for home and family.
It's not just a matter of outside pressures, we have internalized impossible expectations for ourselves as well. We are left with no choice. Many chronic disabilities come on gradually. Often it takes a frightening low before we are jarred into realizing we must make changes. Once we know how serious our health problems are we need to rethink how we are going to spend our days.