Ian Frazier In Praise Of Margins Analysis

Attending college, having a career and becoming a parent holds great responsibilities and demands in societies. With stress becoming an issue certain marginal activities such as going camping, getting away, and disconnecting from the laws and rules of societies turn into the greatest stress relievers. Ian Frazier’s article “In Praise of Margins”, introduces the values and importance of marginal things and defines it as an act with no significant purpose. For Frazier marginal spaces as well as places are where one can be true to oneself and free, where it does not account for any economic advantage but it does account for a getaway. Frazier recalls that as a kid, him and his friends would lose sense of time, pick blackberries and sit on trees for hours at a time just for fun. Now that he is an adult he realizes how important those moments actually were to him and how without a marginal space like the woods he cannot truly express himself. Frazier’s stance on marginal aligns with my current point of view in the sense that society expresses how important it is for one to stay in between the margins, but nothing good comes from being controlled. Being in a marginal space can help someone's mental state, make someone more aware of their life decisions, as well as a great way to relieve stress. …show more content…
Is it more important that your own mental state? Society’s standards on how a person should live their life has become so bland, from going to school, then college, then getting a job, paying taxes and then dying. Getting any job has its consequences such as working over time, being stressed can sometimes lead to depression. Dr. Walter Tubbs in his article, “Karoushi: Stress-death and the Meaning of Work” explains some of the dangers of working without a break and how its acceptability by society ends in tragic results. Tubb states