The Weekend Effect: The Life-Changing Benefits of Taking Two Days off

發現週休二日的真正好處，學習充實度過週末，才有勇氣迎接下一次的挑戰有效運用週末，才能享受更有價值與深度的人生縱使有了週休二日，但現代能真正奉行善加利用的人卻愈來愈少，大量的行程佔據休息時間，有人即使下班了也想利用休息日將工作做到最好，這樣連續一週不休息的狀況下，只會讓你無法喘息，甚至找不到為人生充電的空檔。忽略休息只會讓健康狀況惡化，甚至危害人際關係，工作的產值也會下降。本書作者加拿大專欄作家Katrina Onstad也曾因每逢週日夜晚而感到沮喪不已，她挖掘歷史，積極研究心理學和文化人類學，探討人們所遺失的週末休憩日為何不知不覺遺失，週末在歷經多個世紀後才形成制度的過程，還有勞工假日遭受非自願超時工作侵襲的各種現象。Onstad 認為，不論週末雙休是資本家一手促成，或人類心靈需要造成，經過爭論和摸索而訂下的週休日應當被妥善利用，從中追尋工作無法滿足的嗜好或技能。 Click on the Google Preview image above to read some pages of this book!How to return to the ritual of the weekend, for increased happiness, success and healthier relationshipsYears ago Katrina Onstad was an au pair in France. Every Sunday, as best as she could tell, France shut down. No one worked; no one shopped for groceries, or did any kind of shopping. It felt like a ritual, sacred and culturally protected.Now, her weekends are more like a laundry list of to-do items dashed off between hockey training, doing actual laundry, checking emails, working on an assignment, and on and on.She began to do research to see if she was alone in feeling like weekends are almost non-existent anymore. As she dug further, she realized that this feeling was almost universal.Filled with rich research and stories, as well as her own struggles, Katrina takes us through the negative impact that losing our downtime has on all areas of our lives. She'll show us how some people and companies are already taking steps to eliminate the relentless 7-day-a-week availability that modern work life seems to require. Not anti-technology, rather this is about a return to the ritual of weekend.