[Ensorceled]

> but to me it seems that us the modern people are pressured much harder than previous generations.

Both my grandfathers were farmers who also had additional jobs to make ends meet. My paternal grandfather worked 365 days a year with a day off at Easter and Christmas morning in the lumber camps for several years to save enough money to buy his farm.

This was not unusual for my grand parents generation.

When I was younger, my father worked a full time job and then worked in the lumber mill on the weekend and also ran a trap line to afford our house.

[pdimitar]

I've known both extremes. Anecdotes can only take us so far. And I am from a poor country.

Even there, elders regularly say life was easier (even if it was hard before in the first place). Things can go from bad to worse, you know.