Now that I look back on my life, I realize that there are many things that I do and do not miss from my childhood. The one thing that I miss the most is having the freedom to do what I wanted whenever I wanted. My childhood was very relaxing and it didn’t really require much effort to live my life. Now, I am constantly working and can hardly get a break. I guess it’s just the way of the world. I understand that we as humans must mature and become responsible, but man do I miss the days where I could go out with my friends and cause some mischief.
check out this classic article:
How hunter-gatherer cultures lived on 3-5 hrs of work per week (no jet skis or iPhone tho):
http://www.primitivism.com/original-affluent.htm
we do work very hard–harder now than almost any period in human history (except for the work of slaves who are worked to death)