What the hell did happen to sunday!?

"We, however (just as tradition has taught us), on the day of the Lord's Resurrection ought to guard not only against kneeling, but every posture and office of solicitude, deferring even our businesses lest we give any place to the devil" ("De orat.", xxiii; cf. "Ad nation.", I, xiii; "Apolog.", xvi
-QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENS TERTULLIANUS (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14335a.htm)

This is the first mention of the idea of a "Sunday rest", we obviously have fallen to the devil if we adhere to Tertullianus. The idea, in a very simplified manner, was that we gave up working on Sunday for public worship of god and to rest. Sunday was actually consecrated during the first three centuries of the Christian religion.
I agree with the Christian Church's idea here. While their definition of devil and mine may be different they definitely had a good thing going there. Unfortunately we are all sinners and inherently evil and now we (the ambiguous we that is America) force people to do stuff on Sunday.
The book A Reasonable Life starts off with this idea and was the nudge I needed to write this blog. People now a days are over worked because they have to be. Everyone always can use more money and the only way to get it is by working. Our nation is completely dependent on that idea of over working to afford items that may not be necessary.
Ferenc Mate talks about baseball on Sunday and how it has changed since he was a child. He makes the great point of how more money to buy the shiny equipment doesn't equate to more fun in the game. I feel this applies across all aspects of life, more money and newer technology does not directly relate to enjoyment.
If we take this idea as fact then one can then rationalize taking a day off to do nothing but relax because the extra work time and money are not going to create a happier life. Now does it need to be Sunday? well probably not but at least one day a week should be dedicated to personal health. Not only will this increase our pleasure in life, making things more tolerable, but it will also increase productivity in the work place because we are refreshed after a break. It would be nice if the day was unanimous amongst people because that would enhance social relations.
I think its incredibly important to have a time when we can decompress. Without that rest time problems, stress and hostile emotions are allowed to build up and that leads to a very unhealthy and unhappy life. It's important to enjoy the feeling of no obligations, of true relaxation because in the end don't we do all this work and racing around to have a happy life? why not actually enjoy it as well?