Originally Posted by germanaviator

Yeah, but I guess back in the day, on the farm, you slept in your own bed every night of the year and saw your wife and kids every day.

To me, what you are doing is "living to work" and not "working to live". Not that I would prefer the farmer lifestyle, mind you. But the 7/7 with 28 days vacation sounds like a much better work/life balance to me. Money is not everything.