More time for volunteering, gardening
More time for volunteering, gardening
Name: Kathy Heatherton
Age: 68
Home town: Des Moines, Iowa

As vice president for a commercial construction trade association, Kathy Heatherton was constantly on the go, taking weekly business trips. In 2005, she began scaling back her hours, working part-time three days a week. And for the last two years, Heatherton, now a quality assurance coordinator, has been working 10 hours a week from home.

It's been a challenge, she says, to get colleagues accustomed to her new role. But her current schedule enables her and her husband Mike to go to the gym every morning and volunteer at a local food bank.

"Working a few hours a day three days a week, I can golf, give back to our community or spend a day doing nothing but working in my garden," she says.


Donna Rosato @Money - Last updated February 17 2012: 10:36 AM ET
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