 June 21st 2007
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I read an interesting point in a book called Dejunk Your Life by Helen Foster which makes an interesting point about how working full time can be expensive. In theory doing more hours means more money. However, working all these hours means you have to give more consideration to such things as travel, food and especially childcare. Helen Foster claims the average worker spends around £3000 a year on actively going to work and that can seriously make a dent in all that money you would otherwise make from long hours/overtime.
Foster also includes such examples as retail therapy and holidays to de-stress and unwind as well as after-work drinks and meals. This is an interesting point, what do you all think? Is there an optimal number of hours per week a person should do to balance financial benefits and personal wellbeing?
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