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None of us are certain as to how many days we’ll live and breathe, but many of us are certain that our valuable life moments are being sucked away minute by minute, hour by hour, and year after year, from an enemy that I like to call the ‘9-5 Facade’. This 9-5 facade relies on the illusion telling each individual that there is a significant reason for the standard work day of eight hours (Monday - Friday). But does anyone really think about this logic and ask one another if it is even a productive way to go?

Let me say that I’m not suggesting that we should simply not work or stop practicing any discipline whatsoever. What I’m suggesting is that we start thinking outside of these stupid labels given to work schedules as well as to work hours (that are dreamt up), and to drop the denial of change. Change meaning that we can’t simply survive on tradition, and this 9-5 facade is based purely on tradition, not common sense. There is no proof that these eight hours away from home make things happen any better, but it’s simply accepted by the majority, and therefore it is truth. But things are always evolving and changing around us very rapidly, so the time of this 9-5 structure disease will eventually come to an end (in my opinion).

Why do you think so many people are desperate to find alternatives to the traditional office atmosphere? Many are willing to make less money or even lose money just to escape the chains of the working stiff, 9-5 mentality. And the management and owners are usually so disconnected with reality that they don’t realize how much lack of motivation is rabid within their robotic work force of people paid to be in a cubicle for an exact amount of time (as if the hours worked are more important than the work being done). What is being done is the death of life and the silence of true passion, dreams, and time! It is all about control and keeping people in line so they don’t think they can do it alone, that’s really all it is. And it is all a lie.

People will always have to do things they don’t always want to do, but this 9-5 nonsense is a joke. Most of the days you spend at the “office” are spent either spewing out garbage or listening to garbage. Think about how many people in the workplace waste their time talking about foolishness when they could be getting things done. And I don’t care how professional or strict you think “company policy” is, there is a lot of fluff conversation and wasted time at the traditional office setting. To be honest, I’ve always been most productive when I’m not in a loud office, full of co-workers who interrupt me or tell me about their favorite American Idol singer every ten minutes.

The bottom line is that life is not about squeezing our responsibilities into some magical amount of hours, and the 9-5 workday does not always help individuals build a sound, wise, and headstrong mind that allows them to handle their own responsibilities in life, including more time for relationships with loved ones. It’s all a big formality, just like everything else we label and write out a procedure for. It is all a big lie we are being sold, and we keep buying it every day. I’m calling in sick…….sick of it all.