{"id":3293,"date":"2005-12-09T01:10:13","date_gmt":"2005-12-09T09:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfilledart.wordpress.com\/?p=83"},"modified":"2005-12-09T01:10:13","modified_gmt":"2005-12-09T09:10:13","slug":"why-not-work-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nancyduckhildebrand.com\/?p=3293","title":{"rendered":"Why not work less?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stayed in bed until twenty minutes before I needed to leave for work.\u00a0 I tried to think of a good excuse to stay home – I’m sick (…and tired of going to work), work is boring at this time of the year, stayed up too late because of the free old movies channel and my Alfred Hitchcock obsession, it’s foggy again.\u00a0 We worked late yesterday because of a special event.\u00a0 I think just one more day off\u00a0each week would make life more balanced. I’m seriously considering going down to four sometime next year.\u00a0 Changing jobs hasn’t worked because when it comes down to it, I like this job.\u00a0 It’s a blessing.<\/span><\/p>\n

So\u00a0why not work less?\u00a0 Isn’t\u00a0life supposed to be about breaking societal conformity to live out values and beliefs?\u00a0 Why work five days?\u00a0 Money.\u00a0 Because we’re going to Europe.\u00a0 Because we need more than one room to live in, paint in, entertain in.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the significant turning point I experienced at Briercrest was when I was\u00a0co-teaching a world views class and we were discussing the cost of this life of following Christ.\u00a0 Glenn Runnalls said our generation won’t live it because the cost is too high.\u00a0 We’re too narcissistic.\u00a0 And I (like Peter) passionately thought, I won’t be like that.\u00a0 I won’t trade in my soul for the securities offered to me by society<\/em>.\u00a0 But suddenly there’s rent to pay, insurance and gas eating a whole in my pocket, too many very alluring places to dine in Vancouver.\u00a0 Career peer pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n

So that’s my puzzle for the day – is that extra day of income worth the sacrifice in the face of the other 90% of my well-being – my health, my art, my relationships, my values of worship, discipleship, justice, and community?
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