The 4-day workweek: 50 things we couldn't do without it

While thinking about whether or not the 4-day workweek is really a good idea, we decided to do what people do to make sure they don’t forget anything: make a list. So, here’s a list of everything we’ve been able to accomplish since putting in place a policy that gives us an extra day off once a week, just for us … People across all Welcome to the Jungle teams are joining in to share with you our 50 favorites.

• Participate in all our kids’ field trips and be their hero

• Go to the spa when no one else is around

• Be the first to arrive during a sale

• Get my license in record timing

• Go to an art exhibit in the middle of the day

• Learn a language without struggling through evening classes

• Discover a passion for gardening

• Watch my child’s soccer practices

• Coach a junior soccer team

• Go to the farmer’s market without the weekend crowds

• Volunteer at a cat shelter

• Take an entire day to pack a suitcase

• Watch Friends reruns without feeling guilty

• Enjoy regular long weekends

• Go to the post office and actually take the time to chat with the people who work there

• Take advantage of weekday discounts for local activities

• Avoid shopping on the weekends

• Drive through the city without rush hour traffic

• Wait in line at Starbucks, the deli counter, then the bank, without getting annoyed

• Never do housework on weekends again

• Read David Foster Wallace’s _Infinite Jest _in its entirety

• Sleep in. On a weekday

• Go out. On a weeknight

• Try out every machine at the gym - while taking all the time in the world

• Finally get to the end of a movie (especially if you’re used to watching them with your kids)

• Explore my city by foot instead of subways and buses

• Not stressing about the line at the grocery store

• Spend the day saying, “No worries, I’m in no rush”

• Renovate without bothering the neighbors

• Finally finish a party playlist - and a good one too!

• Find a free bench at the museum

• Check out the best books at the library

• Enjoy all the free lanes at the local pool

• Go to the movies and sit right in the middle

• Take more time to engage in activism

• Try all the bikes at Dick’s Sporting Goods

• Actually get to speak to a Target salesperson

• Stay in bed - and brag about it - while your partner gets ready for work

• Try out job shadowing

• Work on a side hustle

• Watch the kids

• Catch up on The Bachelor in the middle of the day

• Practice patience

• Tell the kids, “You know, work is great, but so is rest”

• Leave a dish to simmer on low heat for 3 days

• Blast music without bothering the neighbors

• Train for a triathlon twice in the same day

• Run two marathons in a year

• Make an appointment with the eye doctor without having to wait three weeks - also works for the dermatologist

• Watch a televised court hearing, live

• Make all of my friends jealous

Translated by Serena Leilani

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