Hey guys!
Welcome to another daily livestream where we talk about all things digital nomadism
and remote work. And how you can go
location-independent and work from homes or work from bulgaria or work from anywhere. And it is
late at night and I just it's been a long day.
I just moved into my new apartment that I've been trying to move into for days, and I finally had some time
If you guys have seen any of my videos about slow travel
you know that or time saving time, you know that I think
traveling from place to place can be a really big
drain on your time, on your money, and on your energy. So I like to maximize,
after many years of working from my laptop in different countries. I love to
travel slowly so that I can maximize my lifestyle,
maximize the hours I work and minimize the amount of time, I'm moving suitcases and
snowboards in this case from point A to point B.
But anyway, here it is,
my new apartment.
I'll settle then so I'm really excited about that.
But I could not miss a day of live streaming. And I found an article today
I came across an article today that was very sad and very shocking. And something I actually haven't thought about very
much recently.
So it is basically saying that people don't get a lunch break and this is a travesty.
What what is the meaning of this now?
I know that this depends a lot on your job.
But I was just curious because it's what you guys get for your breaks at work.
Because this is one of the reasons that I think people would want to be
location independent so that they don't have to rush through lunch and have like 20 or 30 minutes
to take a break from their desks. And then a lot of people actually eat at their desks.
So according to
this study this is from a couple days ago,
people are using their lunch hour for other things other than lunch. And
this was a study in the UK. But
82% so that they have less than an hour for lunch and
12% so they don't even get a lunch break. The average lunch break is about 30 minutes and
a lot of them eat lunch at their desk or just browse websites or something our social media and
a lot of people take that 20 or 30 minutes to go run errands.
So I was wondering if you guys get a lunch break because I found this interesting. It says well
would you prefer instead of a lunch break and
40% of the people wanted to work less hours instead of having a lunch break and
35% of them wanted more flexibility. No surprises there
because one of the main things that people want as a
benefit at work is more flexibility or in a flexible work option to be able to work from home. And
It's so great to not have like to be able to eat or do personal errands and things like that
at a specific time of day,
not just on the weekends or on your lunch break.
I mean when you work from home, you can get up super early. You can work late, like of course you need to be available
during business hours for your company.
But you don't have to stress out that you took 35 minutes for lunch instead of 31 minutes or
whatever. And you do get to like go outside and step away from your office and step away from the screen. So
yeah, I also googled what is the,
no, where did it go? I google also like the
that only
3% of workers in the US get an one full hour for lunch.
What the fuck? WTF! Horrible!
Yeah, I mean I guess it depends on the country that you're from, like in Bulgaria, it
I noticed that place is closed for lunch, which is like one of the things I love about Bulgaria.
It's like the good old days here. Things are closed on Sundays, things closed for a lunch time.
And of course, in places like Spain and Italy, they have like their siestas.
And also, people I think in Costa Rica where I used to live for many many years.
I think people got a full hour.
I definitely would see people taking their lunch breaks.
And they would not, like a lot of businesses wouldn't be available during lunch.
So you have to really time it and
here like I have to go to the post office tomorrow and I saw that they closed for lunch as well.
So I think that's good. I mean people need to eat like what kind of, what kind of life is this?
You don't get to eat like during the workday.
Even people it says like, even though it's mandated by law, a lot of people still don't get to take their break. And
this is a study from that came out in the New York Post that says half of the US workers
don't feel like they can take a lunch break.
That is
bullshit.
I mean and I know that's also happens a lot, especially in like the medical field and stuff.
And even though lunch breaks are mandated by law, some employers just
don't really allow it like, they give their employees too much work or
they, you know, what your options are like what gets fired if you take your break. I mean, that's just insane. I
don't know. I disagree with this. So even if it's
even if technically you're supposed to have a lunch break, you guys let me know what
kind of lunch break do you get. How long is it?
Is it mandated by your employer or do you get to decide how long your lunch break is?
Do you feel pressure that you can't take a lunch break because you're too busy and then if you do eat lunch at work
which I hope you get to do you eat at your desk, or do you eat outside or
like what? What do you do? I'm curious about this. I wonder if you guys have the same
situation as the people on these
surveys and in these studies.
On today's show, it says America's lunch hour is on the endangered list, so hopefully it's not for you.
Hopefully you guys get to take a couple breaks. And then also do you get extra breaks or just lunch let you know?
I,today, for example, I ate lunch at
4:30 p.m.
So as a remote worker, I guess my lunch was my dinner. It wasn't very healthy. I was running around all day.
Working and moving and phone calls. So yeah, sometimes even as a remote worker you don't get to eat a full lunch
But the option is always there and that's the important part.
So let me know guys and see you tomorrow on another location independent livestream.
We're in Bulgaria. It's February. It's cold.
Maybe we'll do another Mountain livestream. We'll see what goes on this week.
But I hope you guys have a great Monday And see you tomorrow!