It is a Saturday afternoon and I can barely stay awake. What happened to the Saturdays of yore when I would get up early and take the kids out for donuts and let their mother get some rest. We would go on to do the grocery shopping and then come home, mow the lawn, trim the yard, wash the cars, take the kids to a park or do something fun and then barbeque that evening. Where did all that energy go? Today I just want a nap.

Don't misunderstand...naps are good. That is not the point. Today I am just spending the time working, writing proposals, memos for work, planning for next weeks meetings, reacting to emails from my boss and others. I find that this takes a toll...it wears one down. But it is the nature of the job and the pressures that are created take the "happiness" out of you. Some might say it is the stress of life, but maybe it is just the mental fatigue that comes from living in a 24/7 digital world.