tl;dr - Free time is better when other people have the same time off as well.<p>This feels like a bit of a no-brainer to me, but that doesn&#x27;t mean more time off wouldn&#x27;t be useful.  Saturday and Sunday are usually spent catching up on work, doing some laundry and dishes, and all the other errands we didn&#x27;t have time for during the week (groceries, repairs, etc.).  We have more leisure time as well, but a few hours here and there during the week are quite useful, even if nobody I know shares those hours, as they would let me shift the &quot;boring&quot; stuff to a time when nobody else is free.<p>Life is better if I can meet a few friends for brunch Sunday morning because I had time to get groceries on Tuesday and do laundry on Thursday.