Work is Fun

One of the major concerns in pursuing a balanced life is getting the balance right between work and home. To help with my work at Virtual Balance, dealing with this problem, I have been doing some research into work-life balance and the way people feel about their work. I designed and circulated a simple survey to see how people feel about their work and their life, which got a good response. The research is now complete and published on Squidoo by My Paper Work (which is actually me as well under a different disguise).
There were three things that struck me about the results: First of all, work is fun! I had rather expected that most people would find work fulfilling but I hardly thought it would outrank "time spent with your significant other".
Secondly, by far the overwhelming majority of people work unpaid overtime on a weekly basis, and thirdly, "your favourite sports team winning" was consistently rated as not important to people's happiness. In fact, not one of the men rated this item at all. Perhaps that's just as well, given England's dismal start in the World Cup!
To read the full article on my website, click here ...