It's been 2 weeks now. I make my own schedule. I watch my neighbor's kids a few times a week. I cook at night, after the sun goes down when the heat isn't so stifling. I do my own grocery shopping when the stores are quiet and calm in the mornings.
I read library books on the porch swing with my dogs, in short 10-minute bursts of sunshine punctuated by semicolons of air conditioning. I garden. I paint. I talk on the phone with my husband midday. I nap. I separate the whites. I fill the fridge with bean salads and pasta salads and sliced watermelon. I set appointments with ease.
And by not outsourcing so much work or paying for fuel, I am breaking even. I have 30 hours per week more than before (20 office, 10 driving) and my budget tension didn't shift at all. That's what I was giving away in exchange for 40 hours PTO: 1560 hours per year of my life. 2 full months of my year. 17% of my life.
Do everything you can to build in the option of saying “no.” Consider every option.