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No. I have lots of hobbies and I travel a lot. But I usually go to places like Norway, or Nepal for trekking. Having 4 day weekends would mean nothing to me.

I could use more vacation time. Instead of 5 weeks I get now, I could use 8 weeks of vacation time and I would sacrifice 1/12 of my salary for that.

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I like this answer. I actually feel like a shorter work week is probably way less productive than just having more vacation time. When I have momentum on a project I love spending time killing it. When I’m wrapping up a project I would love to have the freedom to ramp the hours down (maybe 3 4 day weeks in a row) then take a 2 week vacation. If I could do that once a quarter I would be very happy.

Agree with the above poster. I don't want longer weekends, I want to take chunks of "retirement" early.

If I'm going to work on a business side project, travel, or continuing education, I would prefer a solid chunk of time to focus and accomplish something meaningful.

My goal is to work 8 months a year at a job I enjoy.

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