It's difficult in the current environment to work 3-day weeks, but the growing Financial Independence movement advocates a different strategy that gets somewhat

It's difficult in the current environment to work 3-day weeks, but the growing Financial Independence movement advocates a different strategy that gets somewhat similar results without requiring buy in from your employer: instead of working 60% of a "standard" workweek, work a 5-day week, but live off of 60% of your income, and retire in 22 years. You end up working much less than 60% of the normal 40-hour week over a 40+ year career, because you can front load your earnings such that you get a boost from the investment returns. http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-simple-math-behind-early-retirement/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-sim...