My entire working life (multiple decades) it’s been a pretty common thing to hear co-workers say some variation of
“I feel like my life is on fast forward”
Because they aren’t absorbing their own lives because they spend most of it away from the things that matter, solving problems for other people, in order to benefit a small percentage of people more than they benefit from their own labor.
Everyone has different beliefs. I don’t believe we’re going anywhere after this. This is it. One shot. One blip in a vast universe, then nothing.
That makes me very tired of this bullshit.
I understand the value of work. I understand we wouldn’t have roads or homes or grocery stores without it. But I’ve always advocated for exactly what’s being advocated for here. 4 days. 6 hours a piece. 4 days is still the majority of your week and 6 hours is perfect because studies show productivity tanks after that anyways and those extra 2 hours means actually having dinner with your family or helping them with homework, or mowing the lawn, or whatever.
It’s a solid balance and we should be demanding it, not asking for it.
My entire working life (multiple decades) it’s been a pretty common thing to hear co-workers say some variation of
“I feel like my life is on fast forward”
Because they aren’t absorbing their own lives because they spend most of it away from the things that matter, solving problems for other people, in order to benefit a small percentage of people more than they benefit from their own labor.
Everyone has different beliefs. I don’t believe we’re going anywhere after this. This is it. One shot. One blip in a vast universe, then nothing.
That makes me very tired of this bullshit.
I understand the value of work. I understand we wouldn’t have roads or homes or grocery stores without it. But I’ve always advocated for exactly what’s being advocated for here. 4 days. 6 hours a piece. 4 days is still the majority of your week and 6 hours is perfect because studies show productivity tanks after that anyways and those extra 2 hours means actually having dinner with your family or helping them with homework, or mowing the lawn, or whatever.
It’s a solid balance and we should be demanding it, not asking for it.