[xirdstl]

I took two sabbaticals last decade, the first 6 months and the second about a year.

After the last, I started a new job full time for about a year, after which I transitioned to working just Monday - Wednesday (8 hour days). I'm in year 4 of this schedule. For me, I think this works better than full time and occasional sabbaticals. I have not approached anything near burn out.

[haswell]

If you don’t mind me asking, how did that transition come about? Same employer, or did you seek out work that offered this?

As someone who just started a sabbatical last month, one thing that’s on my mind is future sustainability. I don’t want to be back in a position where I have to do this for sake of sanity.

A mon-wed schedule sounds promising, but it definitely seems like the employer is #1 key.

Even if my now-former employer offered me that option, it would have never actually worked due to the culture there.

[kingnothing]

One possibility is https://4dayweek.io/. I'm not affiliated with them at all.