I think your poll should have been a bit more fine-grained. Now you only have: regular job with extra hours, without and part-time/passive income. With a 40h j

I think your poll should have been a bit more fine-grained. Now you only have: regular job with extra hours, without and part-time/passive income. With a 40h job, juggling break time, a bit of extra work and a an occasional stroll around twitter many of us will be quite close to the 8h so also right on the edge between two choices here. Every other week I find a day to catch a breath, sort my to-do and actually do half of it. Once a month I find the time to take a step back and think a bit more meta (much too seldom). The rest of the time—time just evaporates: meetings (no bullshit, but take time for preparation and often more to-dos fall out), behind schedule (and other depend on my work), firefighting This is however my job, not (all of) my life, and I confine it to an average of 8h/day (10h with travel and breaks). Doing longer hours when necessary, but than also trying to leave a bit earlier on other days.