To work for a living or to live for working?

This is a topic that I have struggled with over the years, my work ethic has been programmed to do a job right and work until it is done. This often has me working long hours, I end up exhausted sometimes needing a day or two to physically recover. This can't possibly be good for me, but I had a deadline, one that I often set myself. I am not alone in this, many Americans work 60 + hour workweeks. So many of them are salaried employees and it is expected of them even though they are only paid for 40 hrs. It is so frustrating, everybody says "Oh the poor people in China can't earn a living wage" have you looked at yourself lately. Working one or more jobs to make ends meet, in an economy that even before the bubble burst in '08 was geared to sap you of your financial gain. By the time you pay for cable, internet, cellphone, car insurance, Starbucks and rent you are in the hole. With one broke down car or high utility bill away from ruin, your job gets shipped off to China because paying you $10/hr is cost prohibitive. What do you think will happen when our country no longer is able to produce anything because we shipped it all away to other countries. Will we be a land of self righteous paupers who are too good to get our hands dirty, yet have no appreciable skills to market. The answer I think is to become a producer yourself, make your own food, even if it's just a little. Make goods you can sell out of a cheap relatively available material. There is always a niche for goods out there, find one and exploit it for your families benefit. Repair broken possessions rather than buy new all the time, or spend the extra money to buy a quality version that will stand the test of time. In short work for yourself first and your boss second.