Honoring Labor Day

 

Today is labor day a day we celebrate all the labor we all perform. 

Today is Labor Day

By Dreaming Ace

Today is Labor Day

Day to honor all our labor

Labor in many forms, shapes, squiggles

Day to honor all our labor

Today is Labor Day

Personal Labor

Learning who our truest

Self is. Who we really are.

Physical Labor

Moving and Building and Growing

Farm and Factory and Construction

Professional Labor

What labor we give to others

To keep a roof over our heads

Vocational Labor

Labor we give in finding where

Our passions meet the worlds need

Caregiver Labor

Putting others needs first

Opening our hearts to others

Creative Labor

Creating, Building, Drawing, Writing

Painting, Cooking, Dancing, Designing

Dreaming Labor

Dreaming up what might be

Looking at world through new eyes

Today is Labor Day

Day to honor all our labor

Labor in many forms, shapes, squiggles

Day to honor all our labor

Today is Labor Day

Reflecting On Resting From Labor

What does it mean to rest from our Labor?

What could this mean as we celebrate Labor Day Weekend?

Here is a collection of ways to rest that I found shared on Facebook.

In what ways do you need rest right now?

In what ways will you need rest this fall?

In what ways will you need rest into the future?

Reflecting On Our Collective Labor

It is Labor Day Weekend. Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894.

Today is a good day to reflect on a whole host of questions:

1. What is considered labor?
2. What labor do we monetary compensate for?
3. Why do we value some labor over others?
4. How can someone work and still not afford basic needs?
5. What is meaningful labor?
6. How does passion connect to labor?
7. How can we make all our workplaces more assessable?
8. How can we cultivating mental health at work? 
9. How can we cultivate or neurodiversity at work?
10. What is the relationship between our work, our labor, and our lives?

Recently there has been an interesting conversation around what some call "quietly quitting":

 

This is a reminder that what we "should" do with our labor and time and energy is still in flux. Different parties have a different view of how much we each should should go above and beyond in our work, in our communities, in our lives. 

For many us whenever we take a moment to pause and focus on our own mental health etc. it feels like we are quiet quitting our lives but if we do not take a moment to pause we will be unable to continue on and be our best and boldest selves. 

Today is a day to celebrate the end of summer, a day to celebrate labor in all its forms, and a day to reflect on the meaning of labor and work and imagine systems that allow us all to thrive instead of feeling overwhelmed and stuck.