Monday, January 30, 2012

I Work to Live, Not Live to Work

Work, Work, Work... Where the hell is the play?



I hate Mondays.  The thought of spending 5 more days sitting at a desk for 8-10 hours a day drives me crazy.  The work world is led by people who have never seen a Caribbean sunset, dreamt of endless, lazy beach days, drank “boat drinks” before noon, or laid on a hammock for hours on end.  They have no other purpose in life but to work.  Well, I work to live, I don’t live to work.  We American’s don’t even take the month long August vacation like all of Europe does.  Or shut down for a few weeks like most of the Chinese do for New Year.  The BBC published a report a few years ago saying the US works more hours than any other industrialized country.  All this work doesn’t pay either, because of our productivity per hour is less than the Europeans.  I don’t mind working for a living, but give us some time to take a break and enjoy our living.  It is time to revolt, who has some Cuban bread and an idea for a new flag?  

2 comments:

  1. We at Team Cocktail couldn't agree more. We hated the corporate lifestyle so much we decided to create a company where we make our own rules, travel as much as possible and just enjoy life!

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  2. Maybe I need to follow your career path, can u send me the outline?

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