"The Worker."

Many of us wake up first thing in the morning, and rush to get ready after listening to a whining alarm clock. We make our way through the traffic frazzled, while trying to intake some caffeine from our local shop, before arriving for our work day. After clocking in, we begin our tasks for the day, and take demands from our superiors, and try to adapt to their every changing needs. Finally, we arrive home exhausted mentally, emotionally and physically, after being managed at an acute level for an average of eight to twelve hours a day. The question here is why have we accepted this life as the "common normality?"

In 1914 Henry Ford advanced this idea and developed a new type of management that was never seen before. This management idea allowed for maximum production from the employees at the lowest cost; hence, the assembly line was also developed. Employees would perform the same task over and over without learning anything else. Many posture and other health issues have arose from this. Initially; however, this all started in 1890 when the U.S. government started tracking how many hours workers would work. Many workers during this time period, before Ford's advancement were working much longer day's, without being compensated for time plus half of their hourly wage. It could be said that Henry Ford actually helped lower the hours employees were working, and provide a structure.

Here is the catch. Today what do people work for? The answer is simple. They work to pay for their housing, and food as well as clothing and other basic needs. The problem with this structure is after working the 40 or more hours in a week, there is little time left for one's aspirations. If we look at some inventor's throughout history such as the founder of Microsoft Bill Gates, and the founder of Apple Steve Jobs they had something in common. Neither one of them had to pay for housing, or additional expenses for survival purposes while pursuing their passion. This allowed them to work diligently on something they were passionate about, and execute it properly.

So where does this leave us? It leaves us in a hamster wheel, attempting to gain enough to pursue something we love after our initial expenses. This was designed this way on purpose, and yet again humanity has failed to take a stand. People continue to go to a job they dislike and accept it, and hope to possibly climb the ladder to earn more. The issue with this, is once they do earn more they have even less time. Is there a solution? Is this what we want for our children, grandchildren and other generations to come? I believe not, but after all I am just "The Worker."