Work

Who came up with the concept of how many hours are the right number of hours it takes to do something?

40 hours per work week.

8 hours of sleep.

1 hour for lunch.

Arbitrary numbers are all over the place.

Someone, somewhere decided that 40 hours of work per week is "full-time." However, if you are exempt, that number doesn't really apply (though you may think it does).

Someone, somewhere decided that adults need 8 hours of sleep. continue reading...