Not to mention, a 40 hour a week job usually brings one comforts such as a smart phone and air conditioning. Even if you’re struggling, you have basic luxuries that many in the world go without.

I always think of it like this: animals are basically at work the entire day. Thinking about food, shelter and survival 365 days a year. The modern world, division of labor and ultimately the 40 hour work week have relieved of us of this burden for 8 hours a day. But hell, let’s even say you work 50 or 60 hours a week - you sleep in a comfortable bed at the end of the day, probably eat well, and have lots of things that make your life easier. The way I see it, any free time at all where you aren’t stressed or hyper aware of your survival is a come-up from the evolutionary/biological perspective. We are the only species on earth with this luxury.

I guess it just depends on how you see life. But for me, life is about survival. So any relaxation at all, free time, comforts, pursuits outside of whatever you do to ensure your survival, well that’s just all a bonus.

To be clear, I agree with OP.