I've always been very honest when logging my hours, that is when I was paid by hour, and back then I was doing 6 hours of effective work per day.

A few months ago I started being payed by month, and now I do around 5 hours of effective work per day. The more relaxed work day due to less effective hours done was something I was looking forward to; I don't drag this mental burden with me the whole day anymore and it feels great.

My friends always say I work more than I should, but doing less always seemed like cheating and stealing to me.

Employees and colleagues value my output, which is encouraging, but hearing my friends' arguments and reading this post and comments makes me feel like I'm missing out.