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pizzafeelsright

Working in the office or home my daily schedule was: Wake 4:45am

Breakfast

Work

Play with kids while (slowly) teaching, working side projects.

Eat and Post dinner tasks (bedtime stuff)

Learn/Build for 15-60 minutes during wind down.

Bed at 10pm

Learning is done while at work, during naps, weekends.

Working after work is possible. Having kids brings clarity to our priorities. Mine at the moment is to maximize peace and stability.

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How can you work on side projects while playing with your kids? My kids get 100% of my attention because otherwise it ends up more like being 0%. I can’t learn the next whiz-bang framework while inventing storylines for plying with Batman figures or playing hide and seek.

Great question. I include them in the process. If I clean the garage I give them jobs.

I was cleaning the workbench and provided a few boxes of random screws, nails, nuts, and bolts - had him sort them by size and shape. This teaches pattern recognition, sorting methods, names of objects, function of objects, and fine motor skills. If I ask for a 10mm socket the 3 year old can identify it including telling me it is used for tightening bolts.

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