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We worked for $$$ to pay for our daily expenses, housing, kids' education, for that car, that luxury item, or the travel trips, etc. I have explained in my other postings.  If I have enough $$$ to fulfill all the above, do I still need to work? Should I go for the regular 9x5 job or start working as freelance (contract basis) or part-time (with short work hours)?  After a long 5-years working with current company as a regular employee, I decided that enough is enough. The mental tiredness is simply not worth the health risk. I didn't plan for the next job but wanted to take a break. Is it worth the risk of not having a next job before resigning? I don't have the answer for you, I need my time more than the work now.  I actually pre-empted my company way before my resignation, requesting them to quickly hire staff for me to handover but it seems that no action was taken unless you really resigned.  They are proposing that I stay to help in the transition and work on a...

Is there a possibility that your boss will allow you for a 4-days work week? Or a shorter working hour from our standard 40 hours to 32 or 35 hours ?  A lot of my colleagues will say a Yes if you are willing to take a pay cut. Is it necessary?  Does longer worktime equate to better productivity ? Research shown that we are probably productive for 3 to 4 hours per day.  Most part of the working time is used for unproductive stuff like clearing tons of rubbish emails and attending meetings that are not needed. 80% of our worktime is used to clear unimportant stuff. For business wise, 20% of your clients probably contribute to 80% of your sales. So why waste that remaining time on unproductive partners or customers ? Why not focus that 30 to 35 hours work week on pure productive work? Time management seems like a chore but it helps us to focus. We can even cut down the work time even more.  Having said on the 4 day work week plan, we must also ensure that the time saved...