> There were years that I was working at most 4 hours a day. Now it's closer to the full 8 but the pace of the day is not grueling. This is my experience too,

> There were years that I was working at most 4 hours a day. Now it's closer to the full 8 but the pace of the day is not grueling. This is my experience too, it's really not bad working a full 8 if you have good coworkers and nobody expects you to work more. It's just that you really have to be cognizant about not letting it creep in. 8.5 hours a day added up over a year of work is a lot more work, less free time, and overall not that much more productive that just 8 but I find it's hard to really limit myself to 8 when I'm in the throws of work for a day. My goal this year is to literally close my computer when the clock strikes 5 and only glance at my phone a couple times in case an emergency comes up.