Busy Life

in America

Physical and Mental Health

SOC 1020
Fumie Yoshihiro
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Table of Contents

Reflection page 1

Article Review1

Article Review2

Chart 1

Chart 2

Reflection Page 2

Reflection Page 1

What do I know about the topic?

Busy Life = Stressful life = Mentally unhealthy life

Hard to keep up on normal life

No space to think about others' problem

Article Review 1:
Growing Number of Busy
Millennials
High school students are more and more overscheduled and over-stressed.

Consequence: over-stressed
Exhaustion
Headaches
Stomach

problems

Depression
Irritability
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Article Review 2:
Anxiety and Time Pressure

Where the time pressure come from?

Physically
Having

multiple tasks

Mentally
Tasks

plus fear of losing money by not being busy

Time Pressure consequence

Poor

health

Trouble

sleeping

Depression

Chart 1:
The Harmful Effects of Busy Life

Millennials has the highest

rates of being diagnosed as...

Depression

Anxiety Disorders

Impact from Busy Life

Depression

Anxiety disorder
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Chart 2:
Eating Habit and Busy Life

People are skipping breakfast

because they are busy in the
morning.

Millennials tends to skip

breakfast more than other age
groups.

Effect of skipping breakfast

Short-temper

Shakiness/dizziness/weakne
ss

Skipping Breakfast Every Other Day

male

female
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Reflection Page 2

What did I learn? How would I use this information in the future?

My generation 18-33 years old has the most impact of busy life

Student

Young Adults

Feel guilty from not being busy = missing money

Busy life can be something we make by ourselves

Pressure from schools and parents

Solution = stop being perfectionists

Even we are busy, eat proper breakfast

skipping breakfast can cause more stressful life

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