Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison. Cell 5 on Robben Island. 6 feet by 8 feet. A mat on the floor. One bucket. When they released him in 1990, he walked out smiling. Four years later he was president of South Africa. He was asked if he felt anger walking out of prison. He said yes. And then he chose to let it go, because holding onto it would have kept him imprisoned. 27 years. Walked out smiling. Won the whole country. Some people are just built different.
The 5 day work week was not always normal. In the 1800s, people worked 6 or 7 days. 12 to 16 hours a day. Henry Ford cut his factories to 5 days in 1926. Not out of kindness. He ran the math and found workers produced more. Then labor unions fought for decades for the 8 hour day. The 40 hour week was signed into law in 1940. Before that, children as young as 10 worked in coal mines. Every basic protection you take for granted at work was a battle someone else fought and won. The weekend is not a given. It was a fight.