[rauhallinen]

I'm one of these people. Changed to a 40% contract, work Mon-Tue. I am in a privileged position where I'm able to live with my wage comfortably, albeit frugally. Living in Nordics helps too.

I was expecting that I'd be dwelling deep with all of those side projects that I was craving to do on work days instead of solving semi to not-at-all exciting problems for a company. Found out that those were mostly escapistic fantasies to regain my creative mind under the time and stress pressures.

Now I enjoy living simply. I feel better mentally and physically. Interesting to see where this will go. Maybe I'll eat the hustle fruit some day and start grinding - this idea that dictated my adult life seems very alien for me now.

[MattGaiser]

How does a 40% contract work for the company? Is what you are doing just rather small/not urgent (I mean this respectfully) for the company? I have asked a couple managers why companies do not offer this option and their answer is usually deadline/project size.

[rauhallinen]

My work is important but not urgently so. I gave them the ultimatum - I have a lot of knowledge hard to gain from other sources.