What can overworked Americans do to catch a spring break?
– Participants in the “Take Back Your Time” initiative run a “rat race” to protest the lack of free time in their lives By Erik Olsen, MSNBC. John DeGraaf wants you to be free. You work too much, he says, you get too little vacation, and on this election day, you should have the day off to think about who to vote for, rather than worry about your next staff meeting. It is time for things to change, he says. You need to take back your time. Employers really have the upper hand in our society, De Graaf says. DeGraaf is part of a growing movement in America that is seeking to free us from our go-go lifestyles. [Go-go is fine. It’s rush-rush that’s the problem.] We are too concerned with making money and consuming things, say these groups, and it is time to slow down a bit, if just for piece of mind. To bring attention to their cause, De Graaf and other self-proclaimed leisure teams created Take Back Your Time Day, which took place last Sunday with events around the country orchestrated to
