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This had always been my goal too. 20% less pay for 50% more leisure time each week = winning.
by tristanperry 6y ago
This had always been my goal too.
20% less pay for 50% more leisure time each week = winning.
- yodsanklai 6y agoFor me, 20% less pay = 100% less saving at the end of the month.
- pmg102 6y agoRather than keeping all your other expenditures the same and reducing your savings outgoings by 100% each month, what about reducing all your expenditures by 20%? Unless your income and outgoings have been fixed at their exact current levels for your whole life, there's nothing magical about their current values and they could change?
- eyelidlessness 6y agoHaving 50% more free time and ~45% (20% of each 2 day weekend and none allocated to the additional weekend day) reduced financial means to enjoy it sounds like a pretty bad tradeoff.
- rightbyte 6y agoWith another day at hand you can paint your garage door on our own etc. I find the costs quite elastic in that sense given the work load.
- ACow_Adonis 6y agook, but then your free time isn't +50% because you're spending that extra day on labour to now compensate for the lost savings. Don't get me wrong, both myself and my wife are both working 4 day weeks after the birth of our son (culturally, that certainly helps the discussion), and that extra flexibility let's you choose the option that's best for you, but there is an opportunity costs trade off between them all...
- sgtnoodle 6y agoPainting a garage door is very different work than staring at a computer screen and interacting with coworkers. Some people enjoy physical labor occasionally as a nice change of pace.
- jamiek88 6y agoYeah physical labour on my own property isn't work to me either.
- eeZah7Ux 6y agoAlternating your "main" job with other physical work, perhaps outside, is much more healthy both physically and mentally.