Four Day Week Challenge : Thank God It’s Thursday

Ryan Carson at A List Apart encourages you to take the Four-Day Challenge. Finish your work in 4 days from Monday to Thursday and take the Friday off.

Some excerpts from their challenge

“The problem wasn’t a time issue, it was a mental issue. I knew I had a whole week to finish my work, so I spread it out over five (or seven!) days. If I knew I only had four days to finish a whole week of work, it would’ve motivated me to get things done more efficiently.”

“It took awhile to see Thursday like it was Friday. What we realized is that Thursdays became very busy, because we had to finish everything for the week that hadn’t been done yet.”

“Now that we’ve been working a four-day week for three months, we’ve realized that we can’t always get the same amount of work done. Let’s face it, there are only so many hours in the day, and if you work fewer days, you will inevitably not get as much done.”

“Once we trained ourselves to stick to the four-day work week, the benefits were absolutely amazing. It was like someone had added another Saturday to our week!”

“We have more peace. More time to think. More time to enjoy life. It’s fabulous.”

You might like to join the discussion there. Time management can make you work smarter and finish your job and increase productivity. It is all about how you manage your time. Although a four day week job is a difficult to achieve target, you might find more time for your hobbies and family if you can manage it.