How often do you enjoy a Day of Rest? Why plans to open more shops on Sundays are causing controversy

We all need a day of rest.
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Three Thinking - Edition 007 - Monday 13 July 2015

How did you spend your Sunday? Relaxing with family and friends, perhaps enjoying a leisurely walk before reading the newspaper then sitting down to a Sunday Roast? Or was Sunday spent slaving away at work, serving customers, stacking shelves or completing paperwork?

Plans announced by Chancellor George Osborne to allow larger retailers to open for longer on Sundays have been causing controversy. Currently, any shop over 280 sq m is allowed to open for no more than 6 hours. But this could all now change in order to create more jobs and allow millions of pounds worth of extra income to be made. But critics of the plans are angry that allowing shops to open longer on Sundays means we move ever closer to a 24/7 culture where we have no time to relax or spend time with family and friends - we are becoming robots, forever working and never enjoying life.

We all need time to stop and relax
each and every week.
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How often do you have a Day of Rest - and by that I mean a day without any chores at home too? Whilst working is obviously important, your wellbeing is extremely important too - you need to spend time relaxing and enjoying yourself, it's what life is all about!

So make sure you pencil some 'me' time into the diary, it'll do you good and make your life much more worthwhile. Don't waste your life working away 24/7, make sure you relax and live a little too - it's what life is all about!

THINK & REFLECT - Set some time aside where you can simply sit, relax and think about how amazing life is, and just enjoy being in the present moment.