During our last stay in Dubai we came up with another great idea, that we thought through to the last detail. Here we go…
Due to the fact that if you work long hours, there is not really a lot of free time left and if you still insist on having some time to chill out or do things, that are actually good for you such as taking a shower, eating or god forbid… do something fun, you end up all surprised when you look at your watch and discover that oooops, there are only three ours left for sleeping. Now since all three factors should have an equal standing in your every day life but the option of cutting down your working hours is not really an option, and you do not, by any means want to cut down on your free time and sleeping is not a point of discussion either because you need it – we thought of:
The 36-hour-day!!!
The 36 hour day would solve all our problems. Working 16 hours wouldn’t be a problem at all, you would still have enough time to do things for yourself and would then be able to sleep a relaxed 8-10 hours.
With the rest of the universe still living with the 24-hour system, we would of course have to consider some days being dark – for example Tuesdays… or all even dates… or so… but who cares if they get enough sleep?
Nights are overrated anyways. The 24-hour system is actually old and very unmodern since nowadays rules that applied in history such as: „at night there is no light so we can’t do anything anyways – so we just go to sleep“ or „at night we have to go inside because we have to hide from all the wild animals“ – just don’t count anymore. In case you haven’t noticed, we have electricity and light whenever we want it, globalization and time zones lead to a shift of timings in general anyways.
We think in the current times, we should not adapt to the rules of night and day as they were invented back then because there was no other choice. No – the day should actually adapt to our needs!
There is another advantage – counting with the 24-hour system you would now have three days weekend, although…. naaaaw for that I guess the old rule applies… weekends – what is that?
Anyways, if you would like to join us in shaking the pillars of the world again, let us know. We are also open to other suggestions such as the 28-hour-day or the 72-hour day. We could also invent different time groups, meaning, if you have a lot to do with Japan, why not live according to their timings (of course in the 36-, 28- or the 72 hour day, which Jens actually prefers
If you don’t like it… we will call you during OUR working hours all right!?

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