10-hours-a-week Blues

Most people spend between 30 - 60 hours of every week at work. On the high end of this distribution lies an inevitably self destructive tendency to take your job too seriously. This might someday become the subject of another post. The subject of this post lies on the opposite end of the spectrum.

In theory, a 10 hour workweek is ideal. Such a schedule earns just enough money to pay the bills. Moreover, the thrifty consumer might actually be able to catch some thrills on a 10-hour salary.

Means and ends aside, a 10 hour workweek affords one a lifestyle of intellectual and spiritual exploration and enrichment. Not having a commitment to fake 40 hours of diligence allows for much more fulfilling reading, thinking and general grokking of things.

But what is the price that you pay for such a lavish situation? What exactly happens in those 10 hours every week that squares you with Karma, Krishna and Jesus for the heathen trespasses you commit?

The short and long answer to those questions is: NOTHING

Doing nothing is the most depressing activity imaginable. Especially when one considers the amount of effort that this requires. I guess I am not as good at it as the corporate world expects me to be. I will do my best to improve