5 Things You Get From Working Too Hard

[lifejoy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/02/21/5-things-you-get-from-working-too-hard/

I enjoyed this. I wonder, are North Americans and Europeans really so different when it comes to work? I once knew a man from France who had some radical notions about "enjoying life"... :)

[dragoncar]

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https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/very-mustachian-wp-article-5-reasons-why-you-shouldn't-work-too-hard/
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[Jamesqf]

The problem, at least for me, is that the stereotypical Euro-American vacation is anything but "a period of relaxation and leisure".  Say you're a Frenchman taking off the month of August: you jam your family in the car and head off to the Mediterranian coast, along with half the country, to pack yourselves on a beach and try to believe you're having fun.  Or an American who fits the kids in the SUV, and heads off to Yellowstone, hoping to get a glimpse of Old Faithfull over the heads of 40,000 people and their kids...

[lifejoy]

Oop, thanks dragoncar!

[Prairie Stash]

Keep on buying those cars!  I'll need something to drive in retirement.

[Albert]

It's mostly a stereotype. We are fortunate to get significantly more vacation (big thanks to our ancestors!) and we do use it, but otherwise people here work a lot too. I personally know many French people who work well above 40 hours a week...