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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. So I typically go to bed about 10:30, and wake up at 6:15 (my older kid wakes me at this time). I do morning routine stuff until I leave the house at 7:45.

Its just that by the time I do the cleanup/morning prep/etc. after the kids are in bed, it's something like 9:45? And then yes, I want a few mins to spend with my husband, and also to read or watch tv. To decompress.

Right now, I do all my finances at lunch at work during lunch, because that is when I have time but really, I'd rather just eat my lunch and take a stroll or call my mom. I already only take a 30 min lunch. And I don't work out often enough. Twice a week, I telework, so on those days I get extra time instead of commuting, so I'm able to work out. But that's it. I'd like to up it to 5x/week. [/quote]

If you want to get up earlier, you have to go to bed earlier.  9:45 is very late to have the kids in bed.  If you are committed to it, kids in bed by 8:30, you in bed by 9:30, and up at 5:30.

I also agree with a PP who said you have to be consistent about it and get up at that time daily, even on weekends.  For me, if I sleep in even once, my bedtime is blown and then I'm back in a cycle of dragging in the morning.[/quote]

Kids are actually in bed by 9 (well actually, 8:15 for the younger one, and 8:45 for the older one), but it takes me from about 9-9:45 to do all that extra stuff (lunches, cleanup, laundry, bkfast prep, backpacks, etc.). 
The same time wakeup makes sense...though painful. Ugh. Right now DH and I take turns on Sat/Sun. One of us wakes up with the kids and entertains them until 9:30 or so, and lets the other sleep in... [/quote]

So my other advice would be to do most of the extra stuff while the kids are awake.  They can help with cleanup and laundry.  Backpacks get emptied out and dealt with straight away when everyone gets home.  1) This is the only way to maintain sanity and is much more efficient and 2) more importantly, I think it's important for kids to see family chores getting done.  There are no magic elves that come cleanup the kitchen and do the laundry when you're asleep.  These are family chores and we do them on family time.[/quote]

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