07-08-2019, 08:11 AM
All four of your paragraphs here are a symptom of what I refer to as a malaise for the current time. Forty years ago this month, as a matter of fact, then President Jimmy Carter went on TV to talk about our crisis of confidence, aka malaise (though that word was never actually used in it). At least at that time many folks were spending their weekend evenings out partying at discos. Few if any, even the younger folk, are doing anything like that now. And weren't we once told that modern technology would give us increased leisure time? Seems instead we went in the opposite direction. And schools in many places are starting their terms nearly a month earlier than was formerly the case.
I am sure that there are many who're quite passionate about their ideas and are eager to share them with others. There are those leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, but everyday people as well. They may or may not be recognized for their ideas or for achieving a goal. One example were those dedicated to reducing drunk driving crashes, and now those trying to reduce gun violence.
Of course there's also the potential for disagreements with others, as you may feel you have to defend your ideas. On some websites I see that the acute lack of housing affordability is finally beginning to gain some traction, but obviously has a long ways to go. The biggest enemies there being zoning laws and homeowners associations which are like fiefdoms in and of themselves.
Getting back to vacation issues, there is a movement, I believe it's name is Take Back Your Time, which is promoting the idea of at least meeting the Europeans halfway to guarantee a minimum of three weeks annual vacation per full-time worker. Haven't visited the site for a while but will enclose the link to it if I can find it.
http://www.takebackyourtime.org
I am sure that there are many who're quite passionate about their ideas and are eager to share them with others. There are those leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, but everyday people as well. They may or may not be recognized for their ideas or for achieving a goal. One example were those dedicated to reducing drunk driving crashes, and now those trying to reduce gun violence.
Of course there's also the potential for disagreements with others, as you may feel you have to defend your ideas. On some websites I see that the acute lack of housing affordability is finally beginning to gain some traction, but obviously has a long ways to go. The biggest enemies there being zoning laws and homeowners associations which are like fiefdoms in and of themselves.
Getting back to vacation issues, there is a movement, I believe it's name is Take Back Your Time, which is promoting the idea of at least meeting the Europeans halfway to guarantee a minimum of three weeks annual vacation per full-time worker. Haven't visited the site for a while but will enclose the link to it if I can find it.
http://www.takebackyourtime.org