Thursday is the New Friday: Work Smarter, Slow Down More, Life a Life That Matters: How to Work Fewer Hours, Make More Money, and Spend Time Doing What You Want

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In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the character Arthur Dent says: "This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays". A few minutes later the planet Earth is destroyed. In another Douglas Adams book, The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (1988), one of the characters says to the character Thor, after whom the day was named: "I'm not used to spending the evening with someone who's got a whole day named after them". In Buddhist Thailand, Thursday is considered to be ‘Teacher’s Day,” and it is believed that a person should begin their education on a Thursday. Thursday is aligned by the planet Jupiter and the astrological signs of Pisces and Sagittarius. [ citation needed] Popular culture [ edit ]In Norway, Thursday has also traditionally been the day when most shops and malls are open later than on the other weekdays, although the majority of shopping malls now are open until 8 pm or 9 pm every weekday. But then we learn so many incredible things way before our time that have made this day so special, so why not just let Thursday be… well, Thursday? Covid-19 caused two years of stop-start restrictions for office-based companies and their employees, who were repeatedly told by the government to work from home, then urged to return to their desks.

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And only higher at 29% in London before the summer holidays . And this is the highest recorded over the past year. According to data sourced from entry systems at office buildings in major cities. And so this means that office occupancy remains at about half the average level seen. Before the pandemic. The Babylonians created the seven-day week, and Henry Ford started the forty hour workweek. We made this up and we can create schedules that align with where we are headed.” -Joe Sanok Talk about your findings on productivity and the 40-hour workweek. And how did the five-day workweek start in the first place? The average weekly office occupancy rate reached almost 28% across the UK, and topped 29% in London that week, the highest recorded over the past year, according to data sourced from entry systems at office buildings in major cities. https://davidepstein.bulletin.com/a-practical-guide-to-building-team-culture-including-remote-team-culture

Even if you’re not after a long-term lover I still think it’s worth a shot. Provided you don’t have a 9am on Friday it’s a worthwhile experience. Grab a friend or fly solo – you’ll meet a new crowd of people and trust me, your ego will experience a tremendous boost thanks to all the attention. The name Thursday is derived from the Old English Þūnresdægand the Middle English Thuresday (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from the influence of Old Norse Þorsdagr) meaning “Thor’s Day,” after the Norse God of Thunder and son of Odin, Thor. Create your own schedule, maximize your leisure time, and work less while making more by following the revolutionary—yet realistic—four-day work week outlined in this groundbreaking book. So, did I find the man of my dreams? Absolutely not. Was I really looking for him? Nahhh. Overall however I think Thursday has a lot to offer.Samy S. Swayd (2009). The A to Z of the Druzes. Rowman & Littlefield. p.xxxix. ISBN 978-0-8108-6836-6. The ongoing shortage of labour "will have implications on overall industry sales and on operators’ ability to drive growth", according to the report. Quakers traditionally referred to Thursday as "Fifth Day" eschewing the pagan origin of the English name "Thursday". [7] Cultural and religious practices [ edit ] Christian holidays [ edit ] P196 1. Do your very best work first. 2. Be uncompromising about your boundaries. 3. Give yourself less time. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Thursdays are dedicated to the Apostles and Saint Nicholas. The Octoechos contains hymns on these themes, arranged in an eight-week cycle, that are chanted on Thursdays throughout the year. At the end of Divine Services on Thursday, the dismissal begins with the words: "May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostles, of our Father among the saints Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonder-worker…"

Clearly there are some real benefits to ditching the conventional five-day work week for something a little less traditional. Obviously, not every company is the same and therefore the four-day option which works for one company might be a disaster for another. For instance, many companies would not be able to cut down to a standard four-day week for all employees, especially organizations with customers or clients who would need you on Friday. It’s very straight. I’m not exactly Zoella , Pumpkin Spice Latte, Adidas Superstars looking, but if I’m being told I’m one of the most alternative-looking people in there. I don’t think we’re in Gay Village anymore. Both from pursuing profiles on the app and the conversations I had with other singletons it was pretty evident that most people there were on the hunt for a heterosexual relationship. In the Nahuatl language, Thursday is Tezcatlipotōnal ( Nahuatl pronunciation: [teskat͡ɬipoˈtoːnaɬ]) meaning "day of Tezcatlipoca".En was an old Illyrian deity and in his honor in the Albanian language Thursday is called "Enjte". [6] Ascension Thursday” is 40 days after Easter and is when Christ was said to have ascended to heaven. With a shorter work week, employees have more time to run errands, ensuring all of their work hours will be spent on work. This is certainly what happened in Utah, when the local government offered four-day work weeks for many state employees. The initiative was a huge success from the employee perspective, with 70 percent of workers preferring the shorter week . It also increased productivity and decreased absenteeism by nine percent. There’s one surprising effect of the changed schedule: better work gets done in four days than in five,” CEO Jason Fried said . “When there’s less time to work, you waste less time. When you have a compressed workweek, you tend to focus on what’s important. Constraining time encourages quality time.” Thank you to Netgalley, Harper Collins Leadership, and Joe Sanok for a gifted copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.