Poll: In general, how many days off do you have a week? Uwekaji wa uzi: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | | It varies a lot | Jun 17, 2025 |
I’m a freelancer, so it depends on the work I have. During my “golden years” as a translator, I used to work for a couple of weeks or more without a day off, and then take one or two days off and start working again. Lately things have changed and my days off are “forced” by the lack of work (I’m just saying, I’m not complaining).
| | | | Oscar Núñez Alfaro 
Kostarika
Local time: 20:26
Mwanachama(Oct 2026)
Kiingereza hadi Kihispania
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| It varies a lot! | Jun 17, 2025 |
I can give classes 2–3 days; then I work on my computer planning, writing, or translating; and I could finish my Weekends teaching my niece some English and Spanish. I am busy during the week, but I just work some hours during the day.
| | | | Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 23:26
Kihispania hadi Kiingereza
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texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 22:26
Mwanachama(2006)
Kiingereza hadi Kitaliano
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| How many days off? (AKA the string theory of workload) | Jun 17, 2025 |
It really depends on how busy I am—my days off usually go up or down with my workload. That said, even when things get hectic, I try to take at least one day off a week to relax or spend time with friends and family.
| | | | Baran Keki
Uturuki
Local time: 05:26
Mwanachama
Kiingereza hadi Kituruki
| What does that mean? | Jun 18, 2025 |
Jennifer Levey wrote:
I'm retired.
Does this mean, if one of your old clients offers you work you refuse it outright or you don't actively seek clients or work? If you were working with agencies in the past, you'd surely receive job offers on a daily basis. In that case, retirement would mean not checking any of your emails. Picking and choosing work might defeat the purpose.
| | | | Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 23:26
Kihispania hadi Kiingereza
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| It means what it says! | Jun 18, 2025 |
Baran Keki wrote:
What does that mean?
Jennifer Levey wrote:
I'm retired.
Does this mean, if one of your old clients offers you work you refuse it outright or you don't actively seek clients or work? If you were working with agencies in the past, you'd surely receive job offers on a daily basis. In that case, retirement would mean not checking any of your emails. Picking and choosing work might defeat the purpose.
I never worked for agencies, so I see no offers 'on a daily basis'.
Email filters take care of anything still arriving from the Proz job system, so there's nothing to check.
Believe me, Baran - I take retirement very seriously
JL
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...but usually 3 days off, depending on how fast I get along with fulfilling my weekly schedule and provided I reach my 38 hours per week with 10 hours per day. Leaves me enough days per week to gather fire wood in the forests.
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