GoKawiilWhy Rest Feels Impossible for High Performers on Labor Day Weekend
An Entrepreneur opinion piece argues that many high-output professionals experience anxiety and restlessness when they finally stop working over Labor Day, rather than relief. The author traces the holiday's origins to an 1872 Toronto printers' strike for a nine-hour workday, noting that the freedom to actually stop has never fully arrived for many workers today. Instead of feeling refreshed, people often crash into stress once the pressure that masked exhaustion disappears.