It would be really great to have more long weekends, but this seems a little impractical to me.
A new study out of England found that working just one day a week is best for your mental health. If you work any more than that, you're not getting any extra mental health benefits. But if you work LESS than that . . . in other words, if you're unemployed . . . you ARE missing out on the mental health benefits you get from a job, like feeling productive.
You just don't want to feel too productive...?
The researchers say, "The traditional model, in which everyone works around 40 hours a week, was never based on how much work was good for people." Ok, so we'll all just work one day a week, and we'll be the most mentally well-adjusted people at the homeless shelter! *facepalm*
Most adults don't want to work 40+ hours a week...but we like eating food and not being homeless, so we take one for the team!
Her'es another thing...a survey asked people how many days a week they'd want to work if money wasn't an issue and they liked their job . . . and only 2% said one day a week. That's the same amount of people who said six days or seven days. So it seems that people are perfectly happy going to work, as long as their job makes them feel fulfilled.
28% said three days a week . . . 21% said four days . . . 11% said five days . . . and 14% said NO DAYS. The rest of people weren't sure.
Let me know how that whole one-day-a-week thing goes when you bring it up with your boss! lol!