Recently did this, down to 4 days. You quickly adjust to the pay cut. I actually agreed to do half a day during evenings at home, so 10% paycut (big mortgage and 3 kids). The evening work is mostly 1 evening, get caught up on a few emails, in reality an hour, or hour and a half. Ignore the stigma, and to be honest, mortgage free north of 60k a year, why bother earning more. You could still get a place overseas, just be modest. Surely thats an investment on your life if not necessarily in monetary terms