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I wish I would have more spiritual and material insights onto how the 24/7 grind mindset became widespread in USA, possibly via Calvinism and the Protestant wor

I wish I would have more spiritual and material insights onto how the 24/7 grind mindset became widespread in USA, possibly via Calvinism and the Protestant work ethic. The foundations do prescribe regular perusal of relief valves. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2020&version=NKJV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2020&ver...

mmastrac 3y ago
24/6 grind kinda sucks though. We need three point five Sabbath days really.
- fatherzine 3y ago
  Pure personal anecdote, a couple years back I did explicitly choose to observe 'zero work Sundays', either office or domestic. Rejecting the oft self-induced guilt for daring to catch my breath 1/7 made a measurable dent in improving QoL. While YMMV, give it a try. Usually stuff can wait a day.
  - yoyohello13 3y ago
    I have noticed this too. Often people spend the weekend doing housework, personal projects or other chores so it doesn’t really feel much like a rest day. I don’t always have the chance, but truly doing no work one day a week is very refreshing.
- Phileosopher 3y ago
  A huge part of this is tied to the "conscientiousness" aspect of the Big 5 personality. For myself, I need 1.5-2 days of off-time, depending what I'm working on. I consider myself a constant grindstone-lover, and most of the people I work around seem to reflect your 3.5 number, but I've seen some people who probably need 5 days off a week. No shame in any of it, though. Everyone's wired differently. The USA has a unique taboo about "enjoying life", and I blame its post-WWII militarized culture for the most of it.
thinkerswell 3y ago
But the puritans would also recognize the value of rest, along with the folly of overworking for riches.

mmastrac 3y ago

24/6 grind kinda sucks though. We need three point five Sabbath days really.

fatherzine 3y ago
Pure personal anecdote, a couple years back I did explicitly choose to observe 'zero work Sundays', either office or domestic. Rejecting the oft self-induced guilt for daring to catch my breath 1/7 made a measurable dent in improving QoL. While YMMV, give it a try. Usually stuff can wait a day.
- yoyohello13 3y ago
  I have noticed this too. Often people spend the weekend doing housework, personal projects or other chores so it doesn’t really feel much like a rest day. I don’t always have the chance, but truly doing no work one day a week is very refreshing.
Phileosopher 3y ago
A huge part of this is tied to the "conscientiousness" aspect of the Big 5 personality. For myself, I need 1.5-2 days of off-time, depending what I'm working on. I consider myself a constant grindstone-lover, and most of the people I work around seem to reflect your 3.5 number, but I've seen some people who probably need 5 days off a week. No shame in any of it, though. Everyone's wired differently. The USA has a unique taboo about "enjoying life", and I blame its post-WWII militarized culture for the most of it.

thinkerswell 3y ago

But the puritans would also recognize the value of rest, along with the folly of overworking for riches.