The data is a bit old, but still interesting.
Why do we not all live in Italy?
https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/Time-Use-by-Country-OECD_850.webp
Discussion
If salaries in Italy would not be half (or worst) of the ones in my country (adjacent to Italy but not in the list) for the same job, I would love to move there.
To be fair, with the amount of time you spend on your feed / procrastinating, you kind of do live in Italy (at least in spirit). Jeepers, 2h29m per day in paid work! A nation of idle loafers. 😬
My husband has afforded me la dolce vita, it is true. I am grateful.
Although, I'm not only on here for relaxation purposes. I'm mixing volunteer work (on some Nostr software projects) with pleasure, which is the nicest sort of work.
Although, for the record, I'm working an above-average number of weekly hours (for a woman) for an above-average number of €/hour (for men and women). And I'm studying informatics at the local college, on the side.
To be honest, I have no idea what other people do with all of the time they have. They seem to accomplish nearly nothing all day. 🤷
It's the same feeling I have, when I see what other people have in their shopping carts at the grocers. What in the world do these people eat? They buy hardly any food. 👀
Just for fun, here are the USA, the European countries in the OECD and me 😀 .
I rearranged the order of the fields, to more reflect different types of activities, to be more fair to homemakers, caretakers, and college students. I am "other leisure activities" maxxing, apparently. And what in the world does everyone do in the bathroom?
Please note that all categories include any travel to/from, breaks, and that paid work includes days off.
(I checked the underlying data set from the OECD.)
I've traveled through Italy. It was awful. No one except farmers are actually working. At all. Anywhere.
We made the mistake on going on hikes through the countryside a few times, with only 1L of water each. Because there are so many kiosks and restaurants and etc. along the way, that we assumed we could refill.
10 km out, in the Italian summer heat, and we find out that everything is closed. Even the gas stations. Before lunch on a normal weekday and despite posting opening hours. 👀
I was supposed to catch a train at a station. I waited for a while figuring that since Mussailini the trains aren't ever on time. After waiting two hours, I finally asked someone. The answer I got was, "Oh, the conductor left three hours ago to watch a futbal game. He'll be back in the afternoon."
😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
The trains in Germany were perfectly on time. Better food nest the stations, too.