A couple years ago I went part time for three months to finish writing a book. It was a great experience and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. If you can afford

A couple years ago I went part time for three months to finish writing a book. It was a great experience and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. If you can afford to do it, working part time provides a much better work-life balance and frees you to work on side projects. The only downside was that I had a difficult time returning to full time work.