[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by LisaJ

I'm leaning to staying part time. I know this will probably sound crazy to some/ and not to others but, working two more days takes alot of energy. It is not really 16 more hours it is more like 20 hours. It usually takes me 30-45minutes to get to work and same on the way home, plus the effort of getting ready to go to work (what to wear, etc), if I can leave at precisely the time I'm supposed to be finished with work,etc. After 5 days of that, then I/we have to clean the house, grocery shop, errands, personal things on Saturday, etc. I don't have the energy left to do the things I/we enjoy.

So then it comes back to the question of do I work full time for 2.5 years (which isn't as enjoyable) to get to TV one year earlier or do I continue doing what I do now?

I can see why that is a tough call. The weeks when I only have to work 3 days are great for all the reasons you pointed out and the next week still comes too fast. Fortunately I have a lot of vacation time so occasionally I take Fridays off just to shorten the week and I have a nice job working with nice people. I think as we age we simply want more time for ourselves since we realize how limited time really is becoming. It seems to me that you are concluding that if you work full time you will suffer more daily (and be miserable) for 2.5 years than the one year advantage of earlier TV. Maybe more trips to TV will help you decide.