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Should we have 3-day weekends?

I have found that two-day weekends are hardly enough to do everything on my To Do List -- and I don't even have kids!  I can only imagine my time being cut a lot shorter with a little one running around. My wife and I recently bought a condo and here we are, two months later, still in the process of moving in and getting settled.

I don't know whose idea it was to have people work five days a week and have only two days off, but I think working four days and having three off seems a lot more fair. After all, once we leave work each day, many businesses -- like insurance companies and banks -- have either closed or are a couple of hours short of doing so.

How nice would it be to have Fridays off? That would give us an extra day to run errands so that we have two days left over to spend with our loved ones. I suppose this could be problematic, though, because if those in private industry are off Fridays, that means many of the people working for the companies providing the services you're seeking will be off as well.

I don't know if it's just me, but I suspect that people wouldn't be so stressed out if they had the opportunity to work 10 hours a day, four days a week.

As I get older, I find that I am more and more time-starved. I have a huge book shelf full of books I have yet to get to and a long list of topics I intend to write articles about. I guess time management really is everything in life.

I generally like to take my time doing things, though. I like to savor the moment. I hate being pressed for time and doing things haphazardly. Unfortunately, though, life is only getting busier and more chaotic, which calls for a sense of expeditiousness I am only now beginning to cultivate.

Do you feel we should have 3-day weekends? Do you find it hard to do everything on your agenda as quickly as you'd like to?



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