My personal time, then, includes such activities as commuting, doing my taxes, going to the doctor/dentist/therapist, updating my licenses/certifications, eatin

My personal time, then, includes such activities as commuting, doing my taxes, going to the doctor/dentist/therapist, updating my licenses/certifications, eating lunch (often at work, by requirement), buying tools/clothes needed for work, and so on. It's hardly the case that I can spend "my" 8 hours with family or friends, or even doing something of my choosing. Come tax day, I can deduct the purchase cost of tools I needed to buy for work, but there's no way to deduct all the hours spent every day on the unpaid activities which are also required for work. It's great that we got our hours of labor down to only 8, but why stop there? I would consider a 50/50 split to be one where I have as much time to make art as I spend at work for someone else. (Or substitute "family" or whatever else your priority is.) Working 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, that's not even physically possible. Maybe at 6 hours.