A tired and stressed observation on society...

That might be a slightly misleading title, because my observations are not only about society (and whatever that means) but also on personal habits.

I’m really stressed. And tired. And fed-up. And grumpy. And blah, blah, blah. Work stressed, relationship stressed, money stressed, you name it. In my case this is down to not getting a job, leaving all of my bloody essays until this week and generally being useless. 'Society' also seems to generate a lot of stick for the stresses it places upon us - our health, our wallet, our sanity, in it's pursuit of an ill-defined goal at break-neck speed. So... what's my point on violence and hatred?

Well... I'm basically ready to kill someone. I have a friend who works at JP Morgan in the 'city' (London for those lucky enough not to have to care), and with half the work-force being sacked, 70-80 hour weeks, and a general frantic pace of life, even he (who is a remarkably tolerant, objective and calm person) betrays an impatience of life in his voice when I talk to him.

So maybe one of the root causes of violence and hatred in our society is the fact that, whether for personal or societal reasons, we are lacking in tolerance for everything, that stress at work causes us to snap at people in the street, or that a week's worth of stress manifests itself in a pub brawl on a Friday night. If we took (or were allowed to take, depending on your situation) more time to do things, then I think there is an argument that we could see a marked decrease in violence and hatred. Just through eliminating stress. Brilliant eh?

Back to the grind children...