NEEDING
A BREAK

Topics: Busyness; Leisure; Rest; Sabbath; Stress; Success; Time; Work

References: Exodus 23:12; Matthew 11:28–30; Hebrews 4:1–11

We’re working too hard in the United States. At least we think we are. Here’s what 1,220 workers said about themselves in a Hilton Generational Time survey in January 2001:

•     need more fun: 68 percent

•     need a long vacation: 67 percent

•     often feel stressed: 66 percent

•     feel time is crunched: 60 percent

•     want less work, more play: 51 percent

•     feel pressured to succeed: 49 percent

•     feel overwhelmed: 48 percent

—Lori Joseph and Bob Laird, “Americans Working Too Hard,” USA Today “Snapshots”