Thais urged to find healthy work, home balance 
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Mental Health has marked International Day of Happiness on Monday by urging Thais to find a healthy balance in their lives.

 

Mental Health Department director general Boonreung Traireungworarat cited the department's 2015 mental health survey result that found a person's ability to find a balance between work and home promoted health and happiness.

 

He called on Thais to better manage their time between work and home.

 

The department has set up a Facebook fan page called "Suksangdai" (“Happiness can be created”). 

 

The previous themes were “Positive thinking makes life more positive” and “Making time to exercise to boost good things in life”.

 

According to Boonreung, happiness can be achieved by adhering to the “8-8-8” principle – eight hours to work, eight hours to sleep and eight hours to take care of family, exercise or relax and practice self-improvement.

 

He also urged people to taking care of their health and to work with clear objectives and priorities while learning to delegate work.

 

He said people should also practice positive thinking and adopt the “middle path" principle to life by avoiding extremism.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30309646

 

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Well, what about a healthy work / bank account balance?

Go tell it to the man who employs the working classes. Higher wages, flexible working hours, a 5 day week instead of 6, working hours reduced, pensions, health insurance, maternity leave, trade unions, workers rights, etc. That would help the happiness. Sleep, lower electricity bills so the aircon can be used more. Family, more free playground's and community clubs for kids to join such as scouts and girl guides.

I think Thais do have a healthy work balance, many spend hours glue to their phones .... pretty stress free I would say

“Thais urged to find healthy work, home balance…"

 

Because, as we all know, urging always gets 100% positive results in Thailand.

 

Just look at what urging did to reduce traffic accidents, alcohol and cigarette consumption, obesity, domestic violence, technical school student attacks, etc.

 

Yep. Urging will solve all of Thailand's problems. No need to enforce any laws or make guilty parties pay for their destructive acts.

Edited March 20, 20179 yr by jaltsc

It´s amazing to hear a director, that should be highly educated in this area express himself like a child.
The 8-8-8 priciple. Is that something he have been reading about on Internet lately? That is a system that ha been well known in many countries for a very long time, and also an outdated system that falls on the priciples that it is almost impossible to achieve.

Oh, dear! Oh, dear! When are these people going to have something that could really make a difference to say???

8-8-8? Ah yes, 8 hours to battle through traffic to work, 8 hours of facebooking and 8 hours battle back. Yeah Thais have got that one down pat.

Does this man really know the work hours for most Thais outside government service?

Just now, pookiki said:

Does this man really know the work hours for most Thais outside government service?

No, he obviously has no clue.   He has no idea how hard some people must work to afford a decent life in Thailand.  Must think opportunities abound. 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

According to Boonreung, happiness can be achieved by adhering to the “8-8-8” principle –

8 inches long, 8 times per night, 8 days per week ???!!!!

8 inches long, 8 times per night, 8 days per week ???!!!!

I think you got your measurements wrong. 8 cm long, 8 mm wide, 8 seconds of action.

And while you're at it, get better paying jobs so you can pay more in taxes. Money is tight right now cos government has overspent, so we'll need the little man to work even harder for the rich elites. 

Tell that to farmers etc, sweating their balls off out in the sticks.

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No doubt many people work hard as horses. But it seems ton of people actually doesn't do jack sh$t most of their life.

4 hours ago, Ralf61 said:

Well, what about a healthy work / bank account balance?

You omitted healthy body.  Here the  health department forget to advise them.. no msg, no sugar, no aluminium cookware, no soy, canola. rapeseed, peanut or palm oil. No green tea. No fish sauce.  No unfermented soy.  No microwave oven

etc.

Edited March 20, 20179 yr by TomTC

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The Department of Mental Health has marked International Day of Happiness on Monday by urging Thais to find a healthy balance in their lives.

Governments!! Always come up with the right sugar and pie answers. Maybe they should swap places with some of the poor and then rethink their statement. 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He said people should also practice positive thinking and adopt the “middle path" principle to life by avoiding extremism.

 

If they "adopted" middle path principles who would be left for the banks to lend money to??

2 hours ago, rkidlad said:

And while you're at it, get better paying jobs so you can pay more in taxes. Money is tight right now cos government has overspent, so we'll need the little man to work even harder for the rich elites. 

The little man is overspent to. 

I got a better idea Cut down on there drinking and make Thais get a job  Look around and you will see many many men just sitting around doing nothing  That is why the Khmer and Burmese workers are in Thailand doing there work because Thais are to lazy to do it

7 hours ago, roo860 said:

Tell that to farmers etc, sweating their balls off out in the sticks.

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See them everyday in their hammocks.

Terrible if there's no breeze.

she works hard for the money-so hard for it honey

she works hard for the money so u better treat her right

 

hello darling..joop joop  no money no honey  

“Happiness can be created” yes very true go and live in Norway, because a round here unless you are corrupt and have connections no chance

See them everyday in their hammocks.
Terrible if there's no breeze.

Good view of rural life from the "high horse".

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This is just complete BS. Hate all this so-called experts who are so far removed from reality. Who doesn't know a good work-life balance is good? It is just not possible, especially in an urban environment. Particularly funny is what the DG said about learning how to delegate work - if one was an entry-level resource, who can he/she delegate her crap to? The so-called Mental Health Department needs to have its mentality checked, especially Khun Boonreung. Come up with something really helpful for once, will you?