It’s important to remember that a workplace isn’t just somewhere you go to earn money; it’s a place you spend hours a day, several days a week, for weeks, months, even years. Add all that up and it becomes clear that you are destined to spend a substantial part of your life at your place of work.

Think about it: you’re forcing your body to spend hours in a small range of positions. Of course you’re risking injury. How often do you finish the day with soreness and aching? It’s possible you dismiss it as being caused by not being in good enough shape. But there are many problems associated with incorrect posture and repetitive motion.

If you have a messy desk, what does it say about you? Does it say you’re disorganized, disinterested, distracted? Is it wrong to have a messy desk?

We recently came across an old article (2007) from Time magazine: The Worst Jobs in America. They list only three, but the descriptions aren’t very happy-making. Let’s look at what they said …

Industrial laundry and dry cleaning workers: how would you like to be doing laundry all day surrounded by horribly toxic chemicals? Worse, how [...]

Canada rates very well in most categories (our ecological footprint is listed as being quite high). Particularly interesting is the rankings for “life satisfaction.” So highly is Canada ranked that only one country is apparently ranked higher, and that’s Norway (and only by a nose).