Rest Opportunity

Where is the far side of the Earth? I guess it depends on whether you live in the Western or Eastern Hemisphere, but either way it is time for some rest and relaxation on the far side. People do not rest enough. And in fact, the United States does not rest enough. There are more countries with shorter work days, higher pay, and more vacation hours than the United States offers its most valuable and important figures. With the exception of sports superstars, the United States has not even begun to catch onto the idea of rest and relaxation on the far side, or any side for that matter, quite like much of the rest of the world. And yet this is supposedly the land of opportunity.

Denmark is considered the happiest place on Earth because all of its jobs offer the same wages. This means you pick your work by love and not by monetary reward. Many European countries offer their employees full time work at real full time pay, and Korea has a stout little 35 hour per week full time work week, and women get the fist day of their cycle off paid in full. Americans are working longer hours for less money annually and yet people are still flooding the gates trying to get in. It’s curious really as rest and relaxation on the far side of the Earth seem like a pipe dream for much of the hardest working population of the land of opportunity.

There are many fabulous points to America and there are some opportunities in America that you won’t find anywhere else. But if you live in one of those countries that truly values the idea of rest and relaxation on the far side of the world, then perhaps you might wish to consider what you would be trading in for a residence in the land of opportunity.