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Friday, June 16, 2006
11:08:00 AM EDT
Hearing Pretty Pink Rose -- Adrian Belew
For all us guys who like to avoiding picking up around the house, a warning: It's bad for you, and not just because your spouse is gonna murder you, but because if you're not doing something, you're putting yourself at risk. Here's a study from Australia:
The more free time a man has on his hands, the more likely he is to suffer poor health and die young, a new study of time use by Australian men has found - and not just because he is more likely to engage in unhealthy or risky behaviour such as drinking to excess.
The in-depth study of time-use diaries kept by almost 200 Victorian men, presented by Leonie Bloomfield at a Social Policy Research Centre seminar yesterday, found the boredom and lack of meaning most men reported during such free time acted independently to increase mortality risk.
Dr Bloomfield said it was not clear why or how such boredom was a health risk but it was possible boredom led to anxious and depressive states, which then hindered the functioning of the immune system.
I certainly know anecdotally that when I get bored I get a bit twitchy and anxious, but I thought it was just me being me. Looks like it be more widespread than I thought. Fortunately when I'm bored I have an outlet, which is writing. But the point that spending time being occupied with family and home activities, even something as simple as running the vacuum, is better for you than not, makes sense to me. Heck, I know the cleaning my office the other weekend sure made me better about myself.
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11:08:00 AM EDT
Hearing Pretty Pink Rose -- Adrian Belew
Dust Something. It Won't Kill You.
For all us guys who like to avoiding picking up around the house, a warning: It's bad for you, and not just because your spouse is gonna murder you, but because if you're not doing something, you're putting yourself at risk. Here's a study from Australia:
The more free time a man has on his hands, the more likely he is to suffer poor health and die young, a new study of time use by Australian men has found - and not just because he is more likely to engage in unhealthy or risky behaviour such as drinking to excess.
The in-depth study of time-use diaries kept by almost 200 Victorian men, presented by Leonie Bloomfield at a Social Policy Research Centre seminar yesterday, found the boredom and lack of meaning most men reported during such free time acted independently to increase mortality risk.
Dr Bloomfield said it was not clear why or how such boredom was a health risk but it was possible boredom led to anxious and depressive states, which then hindered the functioning of the immune system.
I certainly know anecdotally that when I get bored I get a bit twitchy and anxious, but I thought it was just me being me. Looks like it be more widespread than I thought. Fortunately when I'm bored I have an outlet, which is writing. But the point that spending time being occupied with family and home activities, even something as simple as running the vacuum, is better for you than not, makes sense to me. Heck, I know the cleaning my office the other weekend sure made me better about myself.
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When I read the words "Victorian men," I thought for a moment they tracked what men did in 19th Century England. And isn't this pretty much what I was talking about just last night?- K
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My husband loves to do laundry and vacuum while he's getting loaded. God, it's so irritating!
6/16/06 11:30 PM