When the alarm goes off on Monday morning, it is the worst moment of the week for many employees. Not for Ulrike Brandt. She can just crawl under the covers again, and while her colleagues rush into the office or start up the computer in the home office, the 59-year-old lies in bed, drinks coffee and reads the newspaper. She has fulfilled a dream that many employees in Germany dream: three days at the weekend, more time for yourself or your family, just taking a spontaneous trip, visiting friends, working in the garden or just doing nothing. Almost every second employee in Germany would like to work less. But how? WELT explains how you can take the step into your free time - and which traps you have to avoid.