Ask HN: 6-hour workdays more important than 4-day workweeks IMO

Re:Ask HN: 6-hour workdays more important than 4-day workwee... by whiddershins on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:12AM (#31445801)

I like working long hours, but 6 hours is the absolute max for the majority of people for intense intellectual or creative work for a sustained period of time.

Most super prolific creatives (painters/composers) do a routine of between 1.5 and 3 hour sessions, one or two sessions per day. Depending on the person, but very consistent once the person figures out their routine.

That means 1.5 - 6 hours total. But this doesn’t include meetings and correspondence and all that jazz.

I like to wake early, work a bunch, then take time in the afternoon to do non work stuff.

Then I can come back at the end of the day and do another few hours. This lets me experience the world when things are less crowded, make time for family etc, while still having plenty of time for work.

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Re:Ask HN: 6-hour workdays more important than 4-day workwee... by 988747 on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:29AM (#31445929)

Well, I'd love to have 6 hours or more of intellectual/creative work per day but in reality I get only 2-3, the rest is meetings and distractions.

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Re:Ask HN: 6-hour workdays more important than 4-day workwee... by high_byte on Friday May 20, 2022 @08:37AM (#31446541)

me too, but instead of meetings it's about energy. I can sit 18 hours on the computer if I have to, but rarely can I code for 18 hours. (sometimes I can but usually it's something very exciting and non-work related)

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