So much to do in school right now...
I really shouldn't be doing this right now, but I am...
Warning: this post might make you think I am a spoiled brat, but that's okay.
Life isn't fair, it kind of sucks, more for some people than for others, and I got it good, I know that. It's just that it could be better.
The more I think about it the more do I not want to start working full time, so yea, I am going to complain about that again. Because maybe in the future I will go back and read these posts and wonder why the heck I was writing such strange things about not wanting to work, or maybe I will still feel the same.
Anyway, signing off 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, to do stuff for someone elses benefit (mainly the benefit of a corporation), and only ever have a minimum of 5 weeks vacation a year seems crazy to me. And honestly I do not understand how it doesn't seem crazy to other people too! I guess you just get used to how things are, so you never question them.
Well I do question the system we have, even though it is already sooo much better than the systems of so many other countries, there is always room for improvement.
Think about it:
A workday is "8 hours", but then you also have lunch which also is connected to your work, so most if not all days you will spend a total of 9 hours a day at work.
Then there is commuting!
While some people are lucky and live very close to their jobs, I think most people aren't. So maybe you are commuting for 1 hour a day? 2? 3???
Let's say just 1 hour, 30 minutes to get to work and 30 minutes to get back home.
Well then there is another thing! Grocery shopping and other shopping just to keep the household going. This isn't really something most people enjoy doing (I think), but they have to do it, and it takes up time that could be spent on things you really want to do.
To keep the rant going we got: cooking!
I am not really fond of cooking and hate spending 2 hours doing it every 2-3 days, I feel like it takes up so much time I would like to spend on other things.
There are of course more things that go into a day that are also things we don't really want to do.
So lets say we are at work for 9 hours a day, commute for 1, and do other necessary tasks for 2 hours a day (realisticaly it's probably even more than this).
That is a total of 12 hours, so how much time do you have left of the day to spend on stuff you want to do?
Well if you go to bed at 23 thats 3 hours (if you ended work at 17). Man that feels great! So the only way I can spend a sufficient amount of time doing things I want to do is to not sleep?
We got the weekend to do whatever we want, which is nice, but spending 5 days a week on building someone elses dream and 2 days a week of freedom doesn't seem fair.
Also 5-6 weeks a year on vacation? Are you kidding me? What will I do with that? If I use all that time to take a long vacation in the summer, when will I have a winter break? When will I be able to get off work to visit family?
Am I really the only one who thinks the system is screwed up? Why are we striving for the happiness of corporations, without even considering things from the workers point of view?
The least we could do is implement "6 hour workdays" (with lunch they would still be 7 hours of course), because the companies who have already tried this model don't seem to be reverting back to "8 (9) hour workdays", so it seems to be working fine. And also, make vacations longer, 5 weeks as the minimum is just not enough, ideally around 3 months would be, but I may be shooting for the start here in this society by saying that.
I would say a minimum of 7 weeks is the absolute minimum we should aim for (it's only 2 weeks more than the current 5!), with the opportunity of negotiating for even more with your employer.
After all, the point of a democratic society is to keep improving it, and I think that should include improving the personal lives of people, by letting them actually have a life that extends to more than 5 weeks vacation a year, 2 days of freedom a week, and a few measly hours a day that do not unclude working.
--Thats the end of my rant, I kind of hope you didn't read it, it has nothing to do with anything... I just needed to get my thoughts out there, to keep them saved for the future me, whom I hope is in a better place work wise than I am fearing I might be in the future... :)
