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It's all your fault, sorry. I have kids and family and a company too.

Unless you know taneq personally (and I doubt you do by your attack), don't judge him/her. Seriously. You don't know what their homelife is like, so please be civil and refrain judgement. I've worked with a lot of kids, and the amount of attention they require varies wildly, depending on disposition and even health conditions.

Who's judging? What's that have to do with anything? We all have the same amount of time per day, you choose how to spend yours.

Not all families and companies are the same or going through the same thing so while that comment on the surface makes sense I don't think it is 100% accurate.

I do agree that prioritizing time to read is important but at different points in ones life the amount of time/energy available can fluctuate greatly.

Reply to filesystem dude: He isn't prioritizing kids and family over reading, he is prioritizing his private entertainment time to not include reading. I can't believe all he has left is time for 10 pages per week.

You're too busy attacking, you didn't realize the rate was 10 per night. Depending on the text, that's about 30 minutes of reading for me (I'm not a fast reader) so that' understandable. I barely have 30 minutes to myself after getting up at 6, commuting, working 9 hours, commuting back, making dinner, eating, getting everyone ready for bed, quality time with family, and then finally settling down for the night for some time with my wife. Rinse repeat, where's the time for myself?

Substitute in some housework for the commute and that's basically my day.

Some nights we decide to use our "couples time" for reading, and that's nice but also doesn't happen too often because we do actually need some time to talk to each other as well. :)

Okay. So the parent poster prioritizes his kids and family over reading. And you're guilting him for that?

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