[watt]

One of most clever things as a software developer that you can do, is to take a pay cut to go from "Full Time" employment to 32 hours a week employment, i.e., you say you will work 4 days a week, every Friday you're off.

The difference between "full time" commitment, where the business might say "we don't care how much or how little you work, just give us results" vs where you are saying "I work for you 32 hours per week - no more no less, that's it, thank you very much" is huge. Mindblowing.

Suddenly you are not under pressure to deliver deadlines, you are only giving them 4 days a week of your time, doing your best, and that's it. You are off the hook.