Three Day Weekends

Written : 27th Aug 09
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What would have happened if Friday was clubbed in the weekend as well? If all the world followed this standard and moved at this pace, absolutely nothing would have changed.

I used to think earlier that the French were not running fast enough in this world and hence this somewhat welfare state was failing.Now, though, I realize that is not them but the mindless and blind running of the rest of the word that has disturbed our equilibrium.

Today, where growing prosperity of material nature and that too in the fastest possible manner concerns the life of the majority, a three day weekend should do some good. This pause will, hopefully, allow people to reflect and will, again hopefully, force them to think about how to prosper for themselves in matters of more humane nature.

Some may argue as to why the current two day weekend does not suffice. I believe, for the majority atleast, that Saturday is almost gone in a sort of hangover state from the running of the past 5 days and a good part of Sunday is gone dreading about the next 5 days to come.If the above premise is true. where is then the time to sit and reflect and to think for oneself and oneself alone. [ Thinking for oneself should not be thought of from the selfish corrupt kind (no subjectivity here) but from an objective self - interest motive.Again, the belief that if actions or thoughts are based on pure self-interest without being selfish or being sacrificial, the happiness that one tries to achieve is shared equally by all those near and dear to him be it parents, wife, children. With this I mean that while becoming happy,satisfied and content with oneself, incidentally and without any extra effort others around one can be part of that happiness and contentment.But this should be taken up separately as a separate topic altogether.]

Coming back, another argument some may give is what makes one think that if 2 days are not sufficient to distract people from their current distractions they are involved in, a 3 day off should work? The premise being that if, overall and universally. things indeed slow up a bit, man will, out of no choice exhausted all his distractions (family,friends,peers,commerce,vices and yes if the per-individual ideal spare time is available , exhaust even inertia and inaction) and will be left to think about life, his existence, his death and of things that he can do and he can enjoy purely for the act of doing and of such abstract things which many perceive to be nonsensical and not relevant in the times we are.

Even more, now that man gets this time to think of such aforementioned things, it is likely he will then find some more time to act upon a few of these and while he acts thinking that, yes, this is but one life given to him and him being fortunate enough to realize his potential as the thinking and the rational animal, how truly then will mankind become better and how then human race will become truly intelligible to realize how good it is to be able to move slow and think and that its ok to be able to have enough spare time to live.