Thread by @fenrir_71

I'm seeing over and over the pandemic has (re)taught us something VERY important: work to live, don't live to work.

I thought maybe I'd thread my thoughts on that, so here we go.
#HowToHuman
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Y'all, the work habits of Americans have driven me crazy for years now. I've lost count of how many 60-80 hour a week workers I've talked into toning it down.

"If you're always working how can you enjoy the fruits of your labor?"
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And the worst part about it is we've been brainwashed into overworking. Corps have told us since the invention of TV that we're less than if we don't have an extra car, or a too big house. All this enriches THEM, not us.

Yet we keep working our asses off for them.
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Before the crash I was an office guy, answering the phone at home, emails after dinner, etc.

In other words I was working 24/7 like the rest of the professional world. Corps WANT us on call day & night.

US workers are so much more productive because we never stop working.
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Work life balance matter y'all, and I ain't talking about once a year vacations, or a few minutes a day in nature.

We're so very lucky to live in the time we do: for almost all of human history working ourselves into an early grave was the norm, and necessary.
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But humans don't live in that world anymore thankfully. We've an opportunity to live like the rich always have: with leisure time.

Don't make the mistake of missing that time, don't work yourself so hard you don't know your family.

Rich people know this and always have.
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It seems to me the question nobody asks themselves anymore is "do I NEED that?" And I'm not talking about just stuff. Do you need that promotion or do you want it? What extra garbage comes from that promotion?

I'd wager the answer is more emails & phone calls at home.
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Besides, a promotion means more money, which means more stuff, which means more worries. Why do that to yourself? Because corps have convinced you more stuff means more prestige?

I call BS on that: stuff is transient.

Only the already rich benefit from that.
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So downsize y'all. Get rid of the stuff you don't need, and live life instead of working constantly. Take the time to see things and DO things.

Because if you don't, on your deathbed all you'll see is your office.
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