The documentary about South Park studios production process "6 days to air" is pretty great
I watch it regularly to not forget how to give everything you can in a short time span and still enjoy what you're doing
I learned to work 6 months/year and make a full year salary
I've been working at a more reasonable pace for the past few years, mostly because I'm not consulting anymore, but sprints have become more of a challenge that I still enjoy once or twice a year.
In Italy we work approximately 220 days a year, 5 days a week, we have 52 weekends (as everybody else) 24 days of payed holidays and another 10 days of national holidays.
six months, 6 days a week it's about 160 days.
Working an hour and half more everyday day is like working 7/7, so about 185 working days.
It's totally doable.
But admittedly not for a long time and not if you're forced to do it
I watch it regularly to not forget how to give everything you can in a short time span and still enjoy what you're doing
I learned to work 6 months/year and make a full year salary
I've been working at a more reasonable pace for the past few years, mostly because I'm not consulting anymore, but sprints have become more of a challenge that I still enjoy once or twice a year.