Comments on: 4 hour work week? How about 4 hour work day? http://www.creativemaverick.com/2008/12/21/4-hour-workweek-how-about-4-hour-workday/ JOHN WILLIAMS' PERSONAL BLOG ON CREATIVE LIVING Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Ducie http://www.creativemaverick.com/2008/12/21/4-hour-workweek-how-about-4-hour-workday/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Elizabeth Ducie Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:52:58 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=155#comment-30 Hi John Really enjoying the blog and will be with you throughout the year off. Great to hear that I'm not the only one who thinks 4h per day is more than enough and that I don't have to feel guilty about taking time out for me in the middle of the day. I guess I will know that the level of playing is right when I don't want to take the time off any more. Hi John

Really enjoying the blog and will be with you throughout the year off. Great to hear that I’m not the only one who thinks 4h per day is more than enough and that I don’t have to feel guilty about taking time out for me in the middle of the day. I guess I will know that the level of playing is right when I don’t want to take the time off any more.

]]> By: Lynne Smith http://www.creativemaverick.com/2008/12/21/4-hour-workweek-how-about-4-hour-workday/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Lynne Smith Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:10:53 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=155#comment-24 Enjoyed reading the blog, John. And I'm amazed at the similarity in working patterns you talk about to my own needs/habits (like needing a couple of hours off after a really focused/convergent activity, or finding that a day of lounging on the sofa can produce some ideas). I thought there was something wrong with me that I seemed to have so little ability to focus for 8 hours a day solid! (Having said that, I do have to report here that I'm a bloomin' good worker, enjoy doing my best at whatever job I'm doing and have the testimonials from previous employers to ratify that fact. I'll be interested to read more blogs and comments as the months go on. Enjoyed reading the blog, John. And I’m amazed at the similarity in working patterns you talk about to my own needs/habits (like needing a couple of hours off after a really focused/convergent activity, or finding that a day of lounging on the sofa can produce some ideas). I thought there was something wrong with me that I seemed to have so little ability to focus for 8 hours a day solid! (Having said that, I do have to report here that I’m a bloomin’ good worker, enjoy doing my best at whatever job I’m doing and have the testimonials from previous employers to ratify that fact.

I’ll be interested to read more blogs and comments as the months go on.

]]> By: Sue http://www.creativemaverick.com/2008/12/21/4-hour-workweek-how-about-4-hour-workday/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Sue Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:10:12 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=155#comment-19 Your idea of being a Creative Maverick is great! I'm certainly one of those too! 4hours on and the rest of the day off sounds a reasonable way to start, but I know from experience that it would not work well for me. Working 4 days a week would be better for me in terms of earning some necessary money at the outset. However, like you, my dream is to be doing work I love [i.e. doing creative and fun things] all of the time. I really want to test out this theory that being and doing what you love brings what you need, including money, into your life so that work feels like play most of the time. Your idea of being a Creative Maverick is great! I’m certainly one of those too! 4hours on and the rest of the day off sounds a reasonable way to start, but I know from experience that it would not work well for me. Working 4 days a week would be better for me in terms of earning some necessary money at the outset. However, like you, my dream is to be doing work I love [i.e. doing creative and fun things] all of the time. I really want to test out this theory that being and doing what you love brings what you need, including money, into your life so that work feels like play most of the time.

]]> By: Life Organizer Blog | Kate http://www.creativemaverick.com/2008/12/21/4-hour-workweek-how-about-4-hour-workday/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Life Organizer Blog | Kate Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:24:32 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=155#comment-18 A four hour work week would be a dream come true for me! Perfect! With work I love! A four hour work week would be a dream come true for me! Perfect! With work I love!

]]> By: Matt Payne http://www.creativemaverick.com/2008/12/21/4-hour-workweek-how-about-4-hour-workday/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Matt Payne Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:16:58 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=155#comment-15 I like the new blog John. I find it thought provoking and certainly helps to take a step back from the busyness of the working day. Being a school teacher, these 2 weeks off over Christmas have been great to think creatively and mull over creative possibilities for my work situation. As you know, I'm looking to create more space in my working week and get engaged with things I actually enjoy doing! Which for me will probably mean a change of work! While I'm in teaching I want to apply your principle of a 4 hour day (if only!!) by trying to get all my planning, marking etc done before I go home at 5.30pm each night. Invariably something won't get done which should, but it will help me focus on what really needs to be done by the end of that day. The rest will have to wait, or never get done! I like the new blog John. I find it thought provoking and certainly helps to take a step back from the busyness of the working day.

Being a school teacher, these 2 weeks off over Christmas have been great to think creatively and mull over creative possibilities for my work situation. As you know, I’m looking to create more space in my working week and get engaged with things I actually enjoy doing! Which for me will probably mean a change of work!

While I’m in teaching I want to apply your principle of a 4 hour day (if only!!) by trying to get all my planning, marking etc done before I go home at 5.30pm each night. Invariably something won’t get done which should, but it will help me focus on what really needs to be done by the end of that day. The rest will have to wait, or never get done!

]]> By: Tess http://www.creativemaverick.com/2008/12/21/4-hour-workweek-how-about-4-hour-workday/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Tess Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:13:55 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=155#comment-11 I'm enjoying your new blog! For me, I have about the right balance of time right now, but the wrong balance of activities. I work three days a week at a paid job and the remaining time I spend on a mix of activities and interests, some paid, most not. Trouble is, the paid day job (what I had in mind was what Barbara Sher calls the "good enough job") holds no enjoyment or interest for me - it ain't good enough after all. So that's one of the areas I'm focusing attention on in the coming couple of months - how to remix not the time but what I do with it. I’m enjoying your new blog! For me, I have about the right balance of time right now, but the wrong balance of activities.
I work three days a week at a paid job and the remaining time I spend on a mix of activities and interests, some paid, most not.
Trouble is, the paid day job (what I had in mind was what Barbara Sher calls the “good enough job”) holds no enjoyment or interest for me - it ain’t good enough after all.
So that’s one of the areas I’m focusing attention on in the coming couple of months - how to remix not the time but what I do with it.

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