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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9 to 5 has been standard for so many decades and it’s actually less than in other eras. What I can’t figure out is how you all have no time. We work full time and our only household help is an every other week house cleaner. We have three kids. We have time every single day to go to the gym and do family activities. We spend a couple of weekend hours on grocery shopping, prep for the upcoming week and laundry but that leaves us tons of time for activities and hobbies. [/quote]

Interesting, post your schedule.

Everyone finishes work and gets home around 6pm — you have time for making and eating dinner, kids activities and your own gym all within 4 hours?

I’m guessing your kids have many nights no activities and no homework? Hard to see how you make it work. Before or after dinner two of the 3 will have somewhere to be. Carpool would help for some activities but we don’t live near anyone so we haven’t had any luck setting that up. 
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Doesn’t sound like work is your problem. Sounds like you over schedule your free time with activities. But I’ll play

5:20 wake up
6:00 gym
7:30 - 8:00 leave for work
4:30 - 5:00 home from work
Dinner and prep for next day
Kids activities/spouse gym
Family activities/bedtime activities/free time from ~8-10 on activity nights and from ~6:30 to 10 on non activity nights
Bed by 10:30

Some years it’s a bit different depending on the activities my kids are in. It’s easiest when they are school based because everyone is home by 6:15 and dinner is done by 7:15. 
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How do you get in a workout, shower and get ready for work, and get all 3 kids ready between 6-7:30 am? How do they get to school? I assume you’re using before/after care with those work hours. If you’re leaving for work at 8:30 and arriving home by 4:30 then you’re not working a full 40 hour week (assuming half hour commute then you’re working 9-4).

I have 3 kids, work from home full time (meaning I can throw in laundry and meal prep during the day), and have biweekly cleaners, but it still feels like a crunch. How are you handling all laundry, grocery shopping, random home maintenance, etc. on the weekends and managing kid activities? Do you actually go to your kids sports games? Do you have other social events to fit in?[/quote]

As to my morning, I’m married and we share responsibilities. I have everything ready to go and other parent gets kids out in the am. And it only takes me like 20 minutes to shower and be ready for work on a bad day.

Laundry, groceries and home maintenance isn’t that big of a time suck. Hour a week for groceries (I have toilet paper and pet food delivered) and maybe 1.5 for laundry. But I can certainly build that around working on hobbies.

Kids activities are free time as are my social events. They are optional and I don’t consider them work or a chore. So I don’t include that in the “I have no free time because I work 9-5 post. [/quote]

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