Being labour day today, it seems timely to post about this whole holiday thing in general. Holidays, and vacations, are yet another concept that has been redefined working in this model.

I generally find out about holidays the week before when someone says to me “you up to anything special this weekend?”

“This weekend?”

“It’s a long weekend.”

The long weekend concept’s lost on me now. I don’t really observe them and typically work on them, a half day today. The same applies to weekends, not that I work them but that I’m far from opposed to working on them. Back in my office days I was vigilant about not working during the defined off hours including weekends, evenings, and holidays.

It’s just all a lot more gray now and to be honest it feels more normal. It’s taken me time to adjust to this but now that I’ve acclimatized to it I prefer it. There’s a thinner, grayer line between work and life, again reminiscent of an older model not a newer one.

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