Good choice! Working 80% means 50% more free time and 20% less pay. (If - as in your case - this comes with a raise, even better.) I'm pretty sure most people

Good choice! Working 80% means 50% more free time and 20% less pay. (If - as in your case - this comes with a raise, even better.) I'm pretty sure most people (at least around here on HN) could do with 20% less income and still get out more quality of life. Of course we always need to compare ourselves (and our positions and possessions) to other people in our peer group and money earned is just such a nice way to compare yourself to others. How else are you going to acquire all these nice status symbols that show how important you are? But we forget the price we pay for money.