{"id":17564,"date":"2016-02-01T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/?p=17564"},"modified":"2016-02-01T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:17:24","slug":"despacio-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/2016\/02\/01\/despacio-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Despacio Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Despacio<\/p>\n

What is Despacio Day?<\/h3>\n

Even though\u00a0we\u00a0typically\u00a0think of there being 365 days in a year, the Earth actually takes\u00a0365.242199 days to orbit the sun. To correct this slight discrepancy,\u00a0every four years we add an extra day to our calendars: February 29th, a “leap day.” \u00a0This is a change we probably do not perceive; at a micro level, it is just another weekday. But if we step back, it is clear that we\u00a0are actually living, working or studying an extra day.
\nGiven this fact, Despacio proposes that we treat February 29th<\/sup> differently from other weekdays, designating it as \u201cDespacio Day<\/strong>\u201d.<\/strong> To celebrate, we suggest that companies and organizations give their employees time off to do something productive or incorporate creative activities into the workday. The idea is for participants to imagine what productive or creative endeavor they would pursue on a day off and then to work with employers to make these ideas a reality. Ideally these activities would be unrelated to participants\u2019 normal work tasks but also something\u00a0other than watching TV, browsing social media, etc. Possible activities include working in a park without computers, drawing, writing or reading.\u00a0This idea began in 2012 (see original post in Spanish from back then<\/a>) and has now evolved to become Despacio Day.<\/p>\n

How can I participate?<\/h3>\n

To make Despacio Day a reality, we are asking\u00a0people from around the world what they would do with an extra day free of their normal tasks. Click here<\/a>\u00a0to take the quick survey.\u00a0<\/strong>We\u00a0will be receiving\u00a0ideas from the survey and from social media (using the hashtag #DespacioDay<\/a><\/strong>) and will start publishing them on this page starting February 1, 2016. We won’t be putting up our ideas until then, either. We want you all to\u00a0tell us your ideas first!<\/p>\n

My boss won’t understand<\/h3>\n

We know a lot of bosses will say “What<\/em> day?” when you explain to them Despacio Day. So we wrote up a letter that you can show them to explain it a little more formally.\u00a0If you want the letter personalized, please write\u00a0ome@despacio.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despacio Day letter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What have people proposed for Despacio Day?<\/h3>\n

updated February 29th<\/em><\/h4>\n
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  • “I would spend the day with my family in nature; maybe camping, hiking, or going to the beach” (Ariana Beels, San Francisco, USA)<\/li>\n
  • “Lost and found day. Rituals of forgiveness and forgetting” (NurtureGirl, Normal, USA)<\/li>\n
  • “Have time to enjoy simple things with no hurry. Take a walk, hang out in a park, grab a bite in a cool local restaurant” (Alejandro, Bogota, Colombia)<\/li>\n
  • “Read a book made of paper, feeling its weight, turning its pages” (@rmchase,\u00a0Cambridge, USA)<\/li>\n
  • “Exercise. Go out for a nice meal. Watch a movie.” (Claudia, Bogota, Colombia)<\/li>\n
  • “Play soccer and eat ice cream” (Alejandro, Bogota, Colombia)<\/li>\n
  • “I would go horseback riding” (Alejandra Pab\u00f3n, Munich, Germany)<\/li>\n
  • “Have lunch with a friend. Do something nice for my neighbors. Clean the fireplace. Finish writing that article.” (Arlington, USA)<\/li>\n
  • “Go for a long bicycle ride” (Porto, Portugal)<\/li>\n
  • “Sleep and home renovations” (Ottawa, Canada)<\/li>\n
  • “Go buy more plants at the plant market” (Zoe Mendelson, Mexico City, Mexico)<\/li>\n
  • “Row a boat with my wife and have a picnic” (Coolguy182, New York, USA)<\/li>\n
  • “Bike to a nearby park and enjoy the sunshine” (Austin, USA)<\/li>\n
  • “Go to the beach and walk\/swim in the ocean” (Sab, Sydney, Australia)<\/li>\n
  • “Go for a long walk or run, read outside, cook, Skype with friends or family” (Philip, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia)<\/li>\n
  • “Walk to the store, buy a newspaper, read it front to back, drink coffee, invite friends over to do the same” (Windsor, Canada)\n
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