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I guess you had a pretty easy undergrad experience. I was easily working 80 hour weeks throughout college as an art major. The tough part of an art project is it’s never really done, and your work is expected to be flawlessly executed. I’d never had as much free-time then as I do now. Taking care of the kids is just how you chose to allot your time, no need to feel like you missed out on something else because of it.

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> Taking care of the kids is just how you chose to allot your time

I was with you until this point. When you have kids, your time is not entirely your own anymore. You have duties and responsibilities to them. The "choice" was made 9 months or so before they were born, not in the moment.

I ended up doing 2 bachelors, even combined it was nowhere near 80hrs contact hours, only the lectures were mandatory and examinable so I mainly focused on them.

But yeah FT work and kids leaves little left for amazing creations like this requiring copious amounts of free time which is something that gets more valuable when you have little of it, just unfortunate to only appreciate it in hindsight.

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