How do I only work 3.5 days a week but still have a full-time job?

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In summary, the conversation is about the speaker's unique work schedule where they live in one town on the weekends and work in another during the week, only commuting once each way per week. They do not work in their home town and work four full days a week, yet still manage to spend as many days at home as they do at work. The speaker explains that this is possible because a full day of work only takes about 8 hours, so they can easily accomplish four full days of work in three and a half days (minus half the unknown commute time).
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I live in one town on the weekend and work in another during the week, commuting only once each way per week. I do not work in my home town.

I work four full days a week, yet in any given week I manage to spend as many days at home as I do at work. How do I manage this?
 
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Answer: A full day of work takes about 8 hours. So four full days of work can be easily accomplished in three and a half days (minus half the unknown commute time).
 
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You work during your commute?
 
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jimmysnyder said:
Answer: A full day of work takes about 8 hours. So four full days of work can be easily accomplished in three and a half days (minus half the unknown commute time).
Good one Jimmy! It's a true story. Still stumps people when I tell them.
 

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