http://www.gregrittler.com/2008/07/05/nobody-cares-about-you-after-25/ Greg is a principal of Blue Ocean Ideas, one of the fastest-growing creative agencies in Baltimore, MD. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.gregrittler.com/2008/07/05/nobody-cares-about-you-after-25/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Looch Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:40:17 +0000 http://www.onlytwelve.com/?p=17#comment-15 I've been thinking about what it means to work 6 days a week. Trent had talked about our culture having more idle time by only working 5 days a week. I think we need to be careful in our culture of money, success, and power. We reward extra work with money and success. And that can make the extra work unhealthy if that's our motivation. At the beginning of spring when I went back to work I thought alot about this. I decided that I was going to be okay with working 6 days a week. My thought was that most of the world does this, thus I should be okay with it too. It was hard on Friday nights to not go out late and then on Saturday nights to feel tired. It was a little freeing though during the week, to know that I had another day to work and not be as stressed about getting things done in 5 days. I did find myself being more conscious of what I did with my free time. Do I read or watch tv? Do I spend time with others or withdraw? There are other ways to spend that 6th day as well. What if we worked 5 days a week and took the 6th day to volunteer or give that time away. In the end I do want to be known for who I love and who loves me. I might be exhausted from it, but I want to be ok with that. To take things one step further. Our lifestyle of working 5 days a week and wanting things for cheap and at good quality forces the people making these products and performing these services to work longer and for less than fair wages. We choose ourselves and our comfort over theirs. This ties into love being "intending the best for someone", whether we know them or not. I’ve been thinking about what it means to work 6 days a week. Trent had talked about our culture having more idle time by only working 5 days a week. I think we need to be careful in our culture of money, success, and power. We reward extra work with money and success. And that can make the extra work unhealthy if that’s our motivation. At the beginning of spring when I went back to work I thought alot about this. I decided that I was going to be okay with working 6 days a week. My thought was that most of the world does this, thus I should be okay with it too. It was hard on Friday nights to not go out late and then on Saturday nights to feel tired. It was a little freeing though during the week, to know that I had another day to work and not be as stressed about getting things done in 5 days. I did find myself being more conscious of what I did with my free time. Do I read or watch tv? Do I spend time with others or withdraw? There are other ways to spend that 6th day as well. What if we worked 5 days a week and took the 6th day to volunteer or give that time away. In the end I do want to be known for who I love and who loves me. I might be exhausted from it, but I want to be ok with that. To take things one step further. Our lifestyle of working 5 days a week and wanting things for cheap and at good quality forces the people making these products and performing these services to work longer and for less than fair wages. We choose ourselves and our comfort over theirs. This ties into love being “intending the best for someone”, whether we know them or not.

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