Alternative work hours

5 days a week really isn't working for me. Says me, here at work on Saturday.

I'd like to propose some alternatives:

1) 5 - 6 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Working just 5 hours a day means they can be top quality, from a productivity point of view. Obviously some of those days would need to be home-based, to reduce travel time and impact on family life.

2) 10 hour days, 4 days a week.

Get work over and done with, with a longer recovery period. Minimise "set-up time" involved with preparing and travelling. A day where I work "9 to 5" is already shot, so the 50% increase in recovery/leisure time more than compensates for the 2 nearly worthless hours on weeknights.

3) 12 hours days, 3 days a week.

Variant of number 2, obviously suitable only for some types of work. For me, if I could work Midday to midnight or 3pm to 3am, I find that so much easier than getting up in the mornings.

Thinking about it, I'm going to try #2 by stealth. If I knock off 2 to 4 hours early on Friday afternoon, I find that it's almost as good as a 3 day weekend. And it's not hard to work the required 38 hours in 4.5 days.