I wanted to know why my family
friends my able and girlfriend and my boss
obviously gef and know if there was any
specific reason why I was
leaving the company to see if good
they could do something to solve it
of a question perhaps simply of
economic renumbering
he also regrets the ball was not the ideal
or simply and simply because he was not
at ease with my job without
But at that moment the reason
main reason why I if resigning was
because I wanted to take back even if it was
temporary way control over my time
what do I mean by this when
he worked as an engineer
manufacture having to work not only
the normal 48 hours of a day
work, but it was also important
watch for emails
emergency calls many hours
after having left the plant for
the same need for the industry was
quite common to have to cover days
festive weekends and maybe enjoy
more than six days of vacation at
year where many of them will be
determined by the same needs
of the company
now many of you will say good what
writing is work enough
most jobs still like that the
largest of the companies is handled from that
way and they will be right
I would ask has this been so
pepe mujica commented in an interview
very clearly and very concisely that
when we buy something the real cost that
we are spending is not money
as such but the time that we had
earning that money is the realization is
very simple but it is very powerful
you can put a very different approach in
the way we see the time that
we spent working very famous john
Mallorquin is estimated that by 2030
already in a very few years and we will be
working more than 15 hours a week
imagine what this would be like if it ‘s so
we only went two days to the office and
Mondays were like Thursdays if not
we wanted to said
I have no bridge independently
of the work they have will be able to enjoy
of more than 150 days of vacation
however, preposterous because the
reality is that most of us
we continue working between 10 12 15 hours
but not only day hopefully it is occupied is
the maximum regiomontana lately
but this is true
in fact more working hours is what
strengthens the economy is what moves and
develops society is what we
move as people and as individuals
something as everyday work much
of our life that rarely do
we question and the truth is that
I was so crazy at the entrance we have the
technological ability to automate
many processes not only mechanical or
industrial and even administrative
intellectuals to sample it only
it is necessary to see what Mexico on average
works between 700 and 800 hours more
year that countries like germany france
Norwegian Netherlands among others
this must show us in a very
clear that more hours worked do not have
a direct relationship with an economy
stronger with greater productivity with
greater efficiency or even better
quality of life
however the challenge
implanted the work is somewhat frowned upon
it’s a practice of hippies
loafers of people who do not
wants to work
by asking how many days we have of
vacation right per year between this
work was enough for you not to
speak of course chambeador follows
carrying a medal of honor
the entrepreneur is not different
messages are very similar
what remains of all this at the end
we live constantly in competition
stressed out isolated and worried but
yes compound we pay many luxuries and
unnecessary excesses and we subsidize the
missing in our time paying their
jobs very very very poor minimum
for people to drive our cars
our homes and our meals here
they passed their pets to our errand
even people who take care of our children
now all this happens when same
time we have a sector of the
population that also works 10 12 or
15 hours a day but not to pay
all these unnecessary luxuries but
just to survive
we live in a society where the
economic inequality is increasingly
we have major environmental crises and
we are culturally politically and
socially suffocated
now many of you will tell me good
perhaps you work harder will not help
solve all the problems that
you mention but work less yes what
they will
The reality is that all the
problems that you mentioned are part of a
very complex system and he just
working less alone is not going to
solve however if you are going to put us
a better position to do it in a
world where the main thing is
growth and consumption work less
of entry is an act of rebellion but
not only that but it is also a
powerful motor of change of entrance and
I think this is going to make noise
many of you work less implies
earn less and many of you are
they will ask good to have less as is
an advantage for the middle class or
higher
earning less is a cost that can be
absorbed or exchanged for greater
amount of free time
this in turn generates two things the
first is that by earning less too
we are more aware of the expenses that
we do and think twice before
change the last phone when the
that we who still have
it’s quite functional to buy that
cart of the year or go out to face scene that
we only do to brag networks
social
On the other hand, spending less implies
so collectively also a
lower local consumption would help
slow down this economy a little
that already seems unsustainable
this in turn generates impacts
positive environmental factors an economy that
it is not constantly growing is
much more sustainable
reducing working hours in
about 1 percent equals
with basically reduce the use of
fuels and energy for that
same percentage
there are other less obvious advantages
example the impact that we could have
close the inequality gap of
gender
according to a development report of
the united nations the 2015 in 64 by
percent of women’s work is
unpaid work compared to only the
28% of men’s work
what does this mean that many tasks
domestic community care
that historically have been taken out
women normally are not
paid as they are renumbered
properly to have more free time
collective form
it would be much simpler network
distribute the time paid time
not paid so that also men
and he took care of many of these
activities
finally and this is an advantage that I
I have lived in these almost three years in
own meat work less improve the
quality of life
when we have more free time we can
do all the things that normally
we postpone for when there is opportunity
to learn a different language put a
orchard learn to cook do that
long trip that we have been putting off
year after year or just spend more
time with our friends or beings
dear our partner our children or
even only with ourselves
in these three years that make a
little my work schedule decreasing if
the amount of income I received
but also potentizing things
also that it could be now many of
you will say good this sounds very good
but how can we make it come back
a reality not just one or two
people but collective
the first thing is to try to understand these
advantages and the others there
document them
there are many studies on this is a
topic that is about views
economic environmental sociological
even philosophical very important thing
is questioning and questioning all
those who think they consider it
work is an end in itself not
just a means to get others
objectives
additionally if we are in a
position in which we can influence in
public policy or policies
organizational is very important
try to take all this into account and
see what we can learn from countries or
organizations that have reduced their
workday successfully without
affect issues such as quality of
lifetime
the transition will not be and should not be
immediate
there are many things in parallel that we have
to do with this topic issues
of minimum wages for jobs
shared universal basic income
among many other things but the most
important is to be aware of the value
of our own time and resume or
try to regain control of each
mail every weekend that we arrived
fused to the house and we do not want to do
nothing but sleeping every call that
we interrupt our time as a couple
every labor event that takes us away though
be our family momentarily
our opportunity that can not be
recovered
the guy is not money is much more
valuable that this one to understand that we can
imagine not just like
producers and consumers but as
citizens as artists as creators
like loved ones family friends
spouses children
in short as human beings thank you very much
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