Have done "Live to work". 60+ hour weeks, using vacations to recover from (near) burnout, etc.
Now doing "Work to live". Moved to a 4 day week. 3-day weekends. Any extra hours are my own choice (and rare). 27 vacation days a year[1] giving me 1 week off every ~3 months plus an extra week off around Christmas. Never get near burnout.
Shame it took me so long to realise that "Work to live" is much better than the former.
1. Pro-rated to my reduced hours though. This is the UK so I also get 8 bank-holidays a year.
Now doing "Work to live". Moved to a 4 day week. 3-day weekends. Any extra hours are my own choice (and rare). 27 vacation days a year[1] giving me 1 week off every ~3 months plus an extra week off around Christmas. Never get near burnout.
Shame it took me so long to realise that "Work to live" is much better than the former.
1. Pro-rated to my reduced hours though. This is the UK so I also get 8 bank-holidays a year.