I am a contractor in a niche industry but a little downtime, of up to maybe 2-3 days at the start of a new project is enormously valuable as time to think deepl

I am a contractor in a niche industry but a little downtime, of up to maybe 2-3 days at the start of a new project is enormously valuable as time to think deeply about the task before you have an overwhelming to-do list. Getting paid $1500 a day to read manuals is not at all surprising when I know people who have gotten almost that much to do little to nothing.