I work a 3 day week now and have done for a couple of years.
I see it like this; we go school and do well to get a good job, which then pays for the bigger mortgage than your mates who might not have done as well, but not as big as your mates mortgage who got the PhD,and then we slave away for 45ish years in the hope we pay that mortgage off and actually have some money left over to enjoy life. And all the time managing to stay alive when the odds sometimes just seem to be stacked against the average person.
I take a good wage from the business, rent property, and work 3 days to make sure things are ticking over.
I value time right now. Sod when I'm 65ish.