Full time jobs are not conducive to optimal health

[Anonymous]

During COVID I cut back to a 6 hour work day and it was great. Even now that I’m full time I basically only really do work 9-3 with a lunch break in between. There are diminishing returns beyond that. Yeah I’m online and can respond to emails, but I run out of gas and need to save some mental energy for my family.

The 40 hour work week is very incompatible with the rise of dual income families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:During COVID I cut back to a 6 hour work day and it was great. Even now that I’m full time I basically only really do work 9-3 with a lunch break in between. There are diminishing returns beyond that. Yeah I’m online and can respond to emails, but I run out of gas and need to save some mental energy for my family.

The 40 hour work week is very incompatible with the rise of dual income families.

Completely agree with the bolded. It's also completely incompatible with desk jobs. I cannot do focused work at a computer for 8 hours a day, whereas I can do non-mental work for much longer.

[Anonymous]

you have sex for an hour a day? jeezus.

[Anonymous]

I can’t necessarily relate to OP’s exact breakdown of hours spent. But I do feel like a 40 hour per week job makes it difficult to do all the things I want for my health: time for long walks, healthy meal prep, medical appointments, etc. Not to mention the mental stress of trying to keep up with everything.

It’s why I have a flexible remote job. Even still it feels like a lot (I also have 3 kids and a DH who works full time). We have to outsource some things like cleaning. I wish I had more time for a hobby or volunteering at the school. I sometimes feel resentful that we as a society have picked 40 as the totally random a$$, arbitrary number for a work week. It’s not like there is any science to support this is an optimal productivity timeframe. And since employers would try to squeeze every oz of work out of us as possible, we can’t really rely on them to cut hours. I don’t know what the answer is, but I feel a societal shift coming in how people expect to balance work/life.

[Anonymous]

My govt job only pays me $220K but the result is I have time for parenting and exercise.

I save cooking time with a precooked meal delivery service on weeknights for dinner and it is the best timesaver ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is this works for some jobs and not others. If you do this for police, firefighters, teachers, sanitation workers, doctors, etc. then you need to sudddenly hire a bunch more of them.

Yes

Sounds great

First line responders should not be overworked and deserve sleep also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t necessarily relate to OP’s exact breakdown of hours spent. But I do feel like a 40 hour per week job makes it difficult to do all the things I want for my health: time for long walks, healthy meal prep, medical appointments, etc. Not to mention the mental stress of trying to keep up with everything.

It’s why I have a flexible remote job. Even still it feels like a lot (I also have 3 kids and a DH who works full time). We have to outsource some things like cleaning. I wish I had more time for a hobby or volunteering at the school. I sometimes feel resentful that we as a society have picked 40 as the totally random a$$, arbitrary number for a work week. It’s not like there is any science to support this is an optimal productivity timeframe. And since employers would try to squeeze every oz of work out of us as possible, we can’t really rely on them to cut hours. I don’t know what the answer is, but I feel a societal shift coming in how people expect to balance work/life.

This. I work full time, my husband works too. We are so busy with just just elementary school child. I'm cleaning my house myself, cooking most of the meals, trying to keep up with social calendar ( mainly our child's birthday parties, after school activities, play time with other kids). Weekend is just not enough. We don't have money to outsource things ( cleaning, restaurants), our HHI is only $160K. How I wish to have time and take more of care of myself and my family. No wonder, everyone is so stressed out these days.

[Anonymous]

Eating three times a day (and spending 3 hours cooking and eating) is not optimal for your health after the age of 22.

So I just found you an extra hour. You're welcome.

You're not running one hour of errands every day. You're not having sex for an hour every day. You're not socializing with the community for two hours every day, although you can have a job where you socialize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eating three times a day (and spending 3 hours cooking and eating) is not optimal for your health after the age of 22.

So I just found you an extra hour. You're welcome.

You're not running one hour of errands every day. You're not having sex for an hour every day. You're not socializing with the community for two hours every day, although you can have a job where you socialize.

Correct, you should be eating a lot more that including snacking.

[Anonymous]

Your optimal health is not your employer’s top concern. Just get the job done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eating three times a day (and spending 3 hours cooking and eating) is not optimal for your health after the age of 22.

So I just found you an extra hour. You're welcome.

You're not running one hour of errands every day. You're not having sex for an hour every day. You're not socializing with the community for two hours every day, although you can have a job where you socialize.

?????????

You think people should eat once a day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHO is doing this daily?!

"30 mins-1 hr sex/physical pleasure
1 hr errands
2 hrs of community/socializing"

DAILY??? Nope.

Save time by combining them.

Have people over to watch you clean out your fridge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eating three times a day (and spending 3 hours cooking and eating) is not optimal for your health after the age of 22.

So I just found you an extra hour. You're welcome.

You're not running one hour of errands every day. You're not having sex for an hour every day. You're not socializing with the community for two hours every day, although you can have a job where you socialize.

Correct, you should be eating a lot more that including snacking.

only if you want to be fat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eating three times a day (and spending 3 hours cooking and eating) is not optimal for your health after the age of 22.

So I just found you an extra hour. You're welcome.

You're not running one hour of errands every day. You're not having sex for an hour every day. You're not socializing with the community for two hours every day, although you can have a job where you socialize.

?????????

You think people should eat once a day?

twice. IF. look it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eating three times a day (and spending 3 hours cooking and eating) is not optimal for your health after the age of 22.

So I just found you an extra hour. You're welcome.

You're not running one hour of errands every day. You're not having sex for an hour every day. You're not socializing with the community for two hours every day, although you can have a job where you socialize.

Correct, you should be eating a lot more that including snacking.

only if you want to be fat

Quite the opposite.