Ways Daily Lives Have Changed.

     As time goes on life is getting easier. At least physically. As society spends less its effort to survive we end up with leisure time. Of which I will refer to as free time henceforth. Time you are not really forced to do a particular thing.
     Years ago the work days and weeks were longer. Most of the work was more physically demanding. incomes were less. Shorter work weeks and technology has changed that.
     Even when I was a kid eating out was not a regular experience. Two or three times a month maybe. When people were working these long hours and weeks they also ate the majority of their meals at home or at the home of a relative or friends. In many cases the some of the food was grown themselves in there garden. Some people have farm animals for meat and eggs. etc. People hunted and fished. Not just for sport, but consumed the game and fish for food.
     Obviously everyone can't have their own little farm with a nice garden and the ability to produce and preserve the food generated. Each generation seems to more further from being or choosing to do for them selves. Grow, produce, raise or gather. Prepare, preserve, consume. To grocery. Take home to prepare and consume. Or buy prepared and consume.
     Also we are not as manufacturing, raw material or industrial as before. High on the end of the service economy. They serve people with more free time. Also the  preference to have things done for them rather than do it themselves.
     Just about any time you walk out of your door you will spend money on something. Many times for something to do. They go to the gym and pay someone else to mow their yard. Buy bottled water when the water that runs out of your tap is the same thing.Or just get a drink from the water fountain. Same water, no bottle to throw away.
     Watching a lot of the old movies on Turner Classics. You get an idea of the households of the time. one home phone. Kitchen with stove, fridge, toaster and other small appliances. A home phone. A radio. No TV on the older ones. Here we sit now on the computer with the television on. Air conditioning on. Cell phones, i pads games etc. It is a wonder how the electric companies can keep up. more efficient appliances and light make a big difference in power consumption though. the old stuff really used the power.
     Most families were one car families. Now most are multiple car households. I know I couldn't wait to get a car.They say younger kids aren't as interested in driving as much anymore. Driving may incur responsibilities like taking care of the car and maybe having to get a job. Much easier to sit home and guard the television, be on spacebook and eat some fast food.
     All the old movies had people smoking. I would say that more people smoke now than would like to admit. Surely not as many as before. Just like drinking. Seemed like they drank like fish then.
     Narrow choice of products vs. wide range of products. Indecision gives me the blues. I lock up in a decision mode. I waste too much time on making choice and have a good chance of making a bad choice. Do you want a hot dog or not. Not fifty different hot dogs to choose from. Seizes me up. Drives up prices too.
     Things change. Who knows. For better or worst? I don't know as I cannot make a decision.