The origins of the seven-day week, its biblical roots and the balance between work and rest are shared by author Mark Gerson, who says modern studies support the idea of a productivity ceiling.
That’s exactly what I was thinking reading through the article… Yeah, I’m generally at my best if I spend most of the day doing stuff, with the occasional rest day.
People tend to want to work and accomplish things, but when their time is consumed by what feels like meaningless drudgery on top of the other daily necessities, that’s a recipe for a mental health crisis.
It feels like the author is deliberately omitting the part where your “55 hours” necessarily has to include all the stuff you work on outside of work, including hobbies.
That’s exactly what I was thinking reading through the article… Yeah, I’m generally at my best if I spend most of the day doing stuff, with the occasional rest day. People tend to want to work and accomplish things, but when their time is consumed by what feels like meaningless drudgery on top of the other daily necessities, that’s a recipe for a mental health crisis. It feels like the author is deliberately omitting the part where your “55 hours” necessarily has to include all the stuff you work on outside of work, including hobbies.