So how�s that working out for you?

I ask because my W is working 50 hours a week (when you add in the commute) and like you, we still manage to get in more than enough UA time. But once we add in the family responsibilities, there really is no time for me. (e.g. I haven�t watched a single football game this fall or touched my video games).

As of today, I don�t miss it one bit. I�m really enjoying my time with the W and kids. But I wonder if I�m going to think the same thing this time next year.

Did your lack of �me time� ever start to seem like sacrifice?

Done this exercise before, but it's always useful!

168 hours in a week.
56 hours of sleeping. 112 hours left.
40 hours of working. 72 hours left.
21 hours eating/prepping food/pooping/showering/commuting/etc. (this is a bit of a slush area, you can make it more efficient) 51 hours left.
15 hours UA time. 36 hours left.
15 hours family time. 21 hours left.

That's twenty-one hours for EVERYTHING else if you work outside the home. Ten of those spent working means I have about eleven hours a week to do "everything else"; that includes chores around the house among other things. To make it work, part of what I sacrifice is in that twenty-one hours of "stuff". I don't tend to take lunch breaks (I just snack then eat a full meal with the family when I get home). The only meal I typically help prepare is breakfast and family dinner on Sunday. My chore load is lighter than the rest of the family, though I still try to spend about an hour a day working on various projects or cleaning around the house.


Not particularly. What I end up sacrificing mostly is stuff from the 21 hours of slush area, and most of it I don't really miss. My commute is short or non-existent depending on the day. I cook breakfasts with my wife and a meal on Sunday; my wife & kids take care of the rest. I don't linger in the shower or take very long with my morning constitutional My coffee is instant, and "projects" around the house go un-finished for a very long time unless someone else volunteers to help so it becomes family time. I don't personally require 8 hours of sleep; if I get more than 7 in a night, I start waking up for an hour around 2AM pretty regularly. That's about it, really.