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It’s Labor Day in the U.S.<\/p>\nIt’s Labor Day in the U.S.<\/p>\n
For many, that means cookouts and rushing to crowd several weekends of fun into one last fling before the weather turns colder (unless you live in Texas!).<\/p>\n
On most holidays, I stop for a moment in my office and think about what the holiday means to me.<\/p>\n
Labor Day has always been a reminder of how far hard work can take a person; it’s also a reminder that people died so that we could all have a 5-day work week of 8-hour days. And yet, many of us work well beyond that time.<\/p>\n
If you love what you do, I can think of few things better than working hard and seeing the fruits of your labor blossom. But most people who put in 40+ hours a week do so at a job they are often not too fond of.<\/p>\n
We all deserve a fun day at the lake, beach, or that last camp out of summer on Labor Day Weekend.<\/p>\n
On Labor Day, I choose to work…on something I love. The long weekend has always been a great weekend to write — not just because I love to write, but because it’s a reminder that while I work harder than most people at my day job, my day job is not my dream job.<\/p>\n