Working back-to-back for life and career, no time to spend a vacation with your loved ones, no patience to have a dinner with your parents, no effort to visit a bookstore with your kids …… In the fast-paced modern life, all these signs seem to remind you to beware of becoming The “Nettle family”.
The term “NETTEL (NotEnoughTimetoEnjoyLife) Family” refers to families who spend more time working to earn money and less time enjoying life. NETTEL (NotEnoughTimetoEnjoyLife) Family” refers to families that spend more time working to earn money and less time enjoying life. The number of such families is increasing today, according to Australian sociologist Bernard Salter, who found that the number of “Nettle families” in Australia rose by 39 percent between 2001 and 2006.
If your family meets five of the following characteristics at the same time, be aware that you are not far from being a “Nettle family”.
1. Both spouses work more than 10 hours a day (including commuting time).
2. When you get home from work, you do nothing but surf the web and watch TV, and fall asleep.
3. The whole family eats dinner together no more than 3 times a week.
4. The children are basically taken care of by the elderly or nannies.
5. Parents spend no more than one hour a day with their children.
6. The family rarely goes to a nearby park or to the countryside.
7. Both spouses have few personal interests.
8. Due to chronic stress and anxiety, they often suffer from fatigue, dizziness, insomnia, and lack of food and drink.
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that people who put family first live more fulfilling, happy lives. The family is like an emotional home for people, an umbrella to protect them from the elements, a river of happiness, a feeling that can never be replaced by work or career. If you compare life to a game of ball tossing, you will find that career is a rubber ball, thrown and bounced back, while family is a glass ball, thrown out will be broken and can not be recovered.
Taking care of your family is not as simple as spending money on the best things for your family, it’s about making time for them and spending time with them. The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.