They’re accurate, but rather long and dry/mathematical. An ideal name (if it exists) would be lighter/snappier, to be more memorable and approachable to the general public.
I’ve devised quite a few names for things in my life, and this is the hardest one!
The 1:3 ratio is similar to the summer break that most modern school systems have, and also similar to the 2:5 ratio that the standard week has between work days and weekends. Maybe there’s an analogy to be made there?
Indeed, I noticed that myself; also not far off the sleep/wake cycle (around 7:17 hours). And (modern) retirement vs pre-retirement (say 20:60 years), at a pinch. I didn’t pursue the thought when I realized that the annual job vacation:work is a very different ratio, so it doesn’t seem to work at all timescales. But nonetheless there might be something going on—needs more thought.
“Fractional breaks” or “proportional breaks”, perhaps?
They’re accurate, but rather long and dry/mathematical. An ideal name (if it exists) would be lighter/snappier, to be more memorable and approachable to the general public.
I’ve devised quite a few names for things in my life, and this is the hardest one!
I mean, ’Ratio Breaks’ seems like it’s just lying there.
Agree. And I think that name allows for the implication that the ratio need not be fixed for all people or across all tasks.
The 1:3 ratio is similar to the summer break that most modern school systems have, and also similar to the 2:5 ratio that the standard week has between work days and weekends. Maybe there’s an analogy to be made there?
Indeed, I noticed that myself; also not far off the sleep/wake cycle (around 7:17 hours). And (modern) retirement vs pre-retirement (say 20:60 years), at a pinch. I didn’t pursue the thought when I realized that the annual job vacation:work is a very different ratio, so it doesn’t seem to work at all timescales. But nonetheless there might be something going on—needs more thought.
Maybe “Earned Breaks”? I did like the ‘ratio’ pun though.