Is this a reasonable perspective? What about the labour movements of the 19th and 20th centuries that in many cases were about balancing work with life? Adopting this perspective isn't great unless you want to accept the status quo.
> Adopting this perspective isn't great unless you want to accept the status quo
Adopting this perspective is the only way you're going to change the status quo. Change isn't created by endlessly scrolling or complaining on twitter; recognizing that you must be hardworking and focus your energy where it's most effective is a precondition to creating it.
I mean more the perspective that we don't really have time to focus on other things in life when doing 8 hours of work a day. To me it seems like we don't have enough push-back against the status quo here - which is that 8 hours is incredibly wasteful in a lot of industries and jobs, and it's ruining our ability to think and focus throughout the week.
You bet it is. And the sooner you realize that most of life is this way the better off you will be.