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Global Warming Means Global Cooling,
as Love Lives Shrivel Under Commutes, Stress
Nine
out of 10 people say gadget-driven, rat race living is gnawing away at
their love lives. "We're turning everything on but each other," says
Christine Durst, founder of the Virtual Assistant industry and
co-leader of the Rat Race Rebellion, a lifestyle campaign that
advocates calmer, family-friendly living and home-based careers.
Woodstock,
CT, May 18, 2007 -- In a recent poll by popular lifestyle site
RatRaceRebellion.com, a
whopping 89% of respondents reported that the rat race has run over
their love lives, leaving many with a mousey definition of romance --
“TV dinners on the couch while watching ‘Survivor.’”
“If
I had a
love life, I’d tell you!” 22% replied, when asked to comment on the
state of Cupid’s activities. Another 15% said, “We’re too stressed for
romance!” Nine out of ten respondents overall reported dissatisfaction
with their love lives due to high-stress, overscheduled living.
“The
rat race is wreaking havoc on romance, which means that even when we’re
covered in ‘communications’ gadgets, people are feeling more isolated,
and families are losing the glue that holds them together,” says
Christine Durst, co-host of the Rat Race Rebellion website and CEO of
training and development firm Staffcentrix. “We’re turning everything
on but each other.”
A
long-time advocate of home-based careers
and increased local-community involvement, Durst is credited with
founding the Virtual Assistant industry from her home in rural
Connecticut in 1995. “Telework and community-oriented living can help
turn back the tide, help us tune up our hearts instead of our cars, and
actually live the values we believe in.”
Durst
and Michael
Haaren, who as the founders of training firm Staffcentrix designed
groundbreaking virtual-career programs for the US Department of State
and the Armed Forces, launched RatRaceRebellion.com in February. The
site has rapidly become one of the most popular home-based career
destinations on the Internet.
Durst’s
business partner Michael
Haaren, who like Durst has strong ties to rural living -- he grew up in
a log cabin in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, while Durst was raised
on a small farm in rural Connecticut -- agrees. “The harm we do our
planet parallels the harm we do our hearts and our families.
Emotionally, global warming means global cooling, too.”
About
the Rat Race Rebellion
The
Rat Race Rebellion ( http://www.ratracerebellion.com ) is a lifestyle
campaign and online community devoted to helping people bring “sanity,
sensibility and serenity back to their lives”™. Hosted by Durst and
Haaren, who appear often in the media as experts on virtual careers and
related lifestyle issues, RatRaceRebellion.com offers comprehensive
resources on home-based careers, family and community involvement, and
greener, carbon neutral living.
Contact: Michael Haaren, Co-Host, Rat
Race Rebellion, at mhaaren(AT)staffcentrix.com
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Rat Race Factoids
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Work
From Home Scams
There
is a 42-to-1 scam ratio among "work from home" ads on the Internet, and
that is not counting the ones that arrive as spam in your inbox. [Read
our press release on this statistic.]
Average
Annual Vacation Days by Country:
United
States...........13
Japan...............25
Canada...............26
Great
Britain............28
Brazil..............34
Germany...............35
France................37
Italy.................42
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