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You Deserve A Month Off
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Friday, April 19, 2002
I have a message. I have a revelation.
It is mild and harmless and wildly common-sensical and terribly
obvious on a hundred different levels and yet also revolutionary,
and still we ignore it and deny it and make a point to reject it,
trammel it with our macho American work boots and proudly jammed
timecards and 12-hour workdays and our bleary eyes and struggling
relationships and rampant heart attacks.
We all need more time off.
That's it. That's the revelation. Of course you agree. Of course
you love the idea. But of course, like any good American, you've
had the noxious Puritan work ethic pounded into your soul since
you were knee-high to a fetus, when your mother ordered you to
quit lounging and get busy and, you know, clean up your womb...
... We need more time off. A lot more time. Longer vacations.
Extended breaks. Chunks of contiguous time which you can roll
around on the tongue of your id and feel all swoony and blissed.
When's the last time you saw an unhappy Aussie? Exactly...
... So here's the message: Do your work, do it well, take pride
and show up on time and kick ass as much as possible. Then get
the hell out. Leave as often as you can. See things. Get some sun.
This is the message.
I am Mary Grace, backpacking once again.