I see overtime as slavery. I work it from time to time, but only from time to time. I’m an IT contractor so straight time is more than enough to live comfortably, but we all want more.
Sadly...
Thanks to mucho, mucho overtime which I invested, I was able to retire a 50 instead of 65. It took me three years to convince my wife to retire also. She loved her job. A year later she was glad that she retired too.