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> It's like: everybody is just mentally exhausted, mortal. Very much this. I think a lot of it is that the "slack" of our lives is being eliminated little bit

> It's like: everybody is just mentally exhausted, mortal. Very much this. I think a lot of it is that the "slack" of our lives is being eliminated little bit by little bit to improve "productivity", and in so doing it is making life harder, mentally and physically, in ways that we don't really grasp because we're the frog being boiled. We are more "productive" and "efficient" than ever, but we're not happier or living better lives, and a lot of that I think is due to us eking out the last bit of gain for our work lives and leaving nothing left in the tank for when we aren't working. This three day weekend, I only really felt like I could do things today, but now I have to go back to work tomorrow. Wouldn't it be great if I didn't need 2-3 days just to become a normal person again every time I don't have to work? Wouldn't it be great if I could use at least one day on the weekend every weekend to do something of personal interest rather than mental recovery in a fog?

ProllyInfamous 9d ago
My favorite full-time schedule was four-10s: ten hour days Monday-Tuesday, and again Thursday-Friday. This MT_RF schedule meant I never had to work a "Wednesday", and my Tuesdays became additional "almost Fridays". I would often take part-time gigs on Saturdays, because my problem isn't that I need several days off in a row... it's that I don't want to work more than three days in a row. ---- The only thing I lack in my self-induced retirement is healthcare (so a big thing for this American boo)... which within the decade might require me to work some minimal job just to get benefits – I dread this day enough to avoid the topic, furtherly. Is Trader Joes still 28 hours/week [for bennies]? I can still sort grapes, friend-uh-ly.
joquarky 9d ago
I seem to recall Church of the SubGenius had something about this.
ikr678 9d ago
I like friction in my life, and intentionally add it back in where I can for this reason. It isn't me 'profiting' from having more free time, it's usually companies managing to find new things for me to fill my free time with. Time spent vacuuming or washing dishes is time spent not scrolling.

ProllyInfamous 9d ago

My favorite full-time schedule was four-10s: ten hour days Monday-Tuesday, and again Thursday-Friday. This MT_RF schedule meant I never had to work a "Wednesday", and my Tuesdays became additional "almost Fridays". I would often take part-time gigs on Saturdays, because my problem isn't that I need several days off in a row... it's that I don't want to work more than three days in a row. ---- The only thing I lack in my self-induced retirement is healthcare (so a big thing for this American boo)... which within the decade might require me to work some minimal job just to get benefits – I dread this day enough to avoid the topic, furtherly. Is Trader Joes still 28 hours/week [for bennies]? I can still sort grapes, friend-uh-ly.

joquarky 9d ago

I seem to recall Church of the SubGenius had something about this.

ikr678 9d ago

I like friction in my life, and intentionally add it back in where I can for this reason. It isn't me 'profiting' from having more free time, it's usually companies managing to find new things for me to fill my free time with. Time spent vacuuming or washing dishes is time spent not scrolling.