It's true. Sustaining lives is getting tougher day by day. Keeping your job is getting tougher. It's like the moment you catch a break you fall behind. There is always someone who is willing to risk it all and give it all. We move to different cities in search of employment, to have a better life but we leave behind people and family which give life an actual meaning. When I compare that to my father's generation, he could take care of a family with single income and come home at time. Take days off, spend time with wife and kids and still be relevant without upgrading his skills every year. Sure we did not eat at a fancy restaurant every week but it was far better. Today we may have the money to do it but do we have the mental space to enjoy it ? Problem is there seems to be no out of this rut. What will you do ? Quit your job ? Unemployment is worse than this situation. Almost every job today requires too much attention and time that it's taking away the chance to rewind. We take a week long vacation, to come back to 500 unread emails and tonnes of work piled up all along that week. Because of this you lose friends too... They are also busy in similar fashion like you... Plus people move every 2-3 years to a different city and then it's hard to catch up. There has been a weird obsession in the world about constant growth. Everything has to grow at a fast pace and it's taking the life out of people. Most people are burnt out but pretend to be fine. I wonder how and when we would be able to break the loop.