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Look how many comments here are something like: "Well, of course leisure is good - because it helps me work harder!" It's sad. It's that "work-is-noble" ethos.
by VoodooJuJu 4y ago
Look how many comments here are something like: "Well, of course leisure is good - because it helps me work harder!" It's sad. It's that "work-is-noble" ethos. These people are effectively saying that they are at-lesiure in order to work better - they have it backwards! I don't know about you, but I work in order to be-at-leisure; I am only ever not-at-leisure in order to be-at-leisure. Refreshing and recharging is good - because it's the end, not the means!. But so many here seem to be framing leisure as the means, the end being work itself. Work itself is not noble.
- jdthedisciple 4y agoHey let me just say I'm totally with you and you put it very well. I would go even farther: I even dread the typical "1 hour lunch break" because it is anything but leisure. It's just "rush to reenergize your body to be able to do more work later, but f your mind and soul which are yearning for actual leisure".
- sneak 4y agoI disagree. My leisure is almost always unproductive, and I personally find productivity to be virtuous.
- postalrat 4y agoSome people honestly enjoy work. I enjoy making stuff for myself and for others.
- kortilla 4y agoSome people enjoy creating things and solving problems.