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I think that clearly places you outside of any group that this article is talking to.
Really? Why? this isn't China.
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$100 an hour as an independent contractor developing farming robots at a place that feels very very good for me. EDIT: I definitely got very lucky finding this position. I’m not suggesting everyone can just do this. But if people don’t refuse to work 40-50 hour work weeks, then that’s what employers will expect.
Even though people claim to work 40-50 hours many times they are spending half that time watching videos or messing around, this is a generalization of course.
Alternative: slow afternoons? I mean, my routine usually has me start with tech/work at 6am, but I wrap up around 2:30 and put some hours outdoors or in my other hobbies. I think the important part is just not spending ALL DAY doing any one thing. My grandma has a saying - "Everything in moderation, including moderation"
My work routine is up at 9:15am, out the door by 9:45am, at work at 10am, work through to 6pm, home by 6:15pm, and then the next ~7 hours are for family, friends, hobbies, a leisurely dinner, etc. Some days I'll come home from work, eat dinner, take a nap, and then wake up with several hours of uninterupted time to focus on personal things. It's great!
> I think the important part is just not spending ALL DAY doing any one thing.
I could not agree more.
I'm struck by a couple of things, Getting up at 4.30am seems excessive and presumably requires going to bed at 8-9pm I can't imagine doing this with a child
As a new father who goes to bed at 8-9pm and gets up around 3-4am, I can't imagine _not_ doing this with a child.
Going to bed before 10pm is basically impossible for us. 11pm is more common. Then it's up again between 5:30 and 6:30 to do it all again.
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How do you do this? I would literally die. I can't live life so breathlessly with what sounds like no room for breaks. Are weekends even enough for you to recover? Forget burning out of a job, I'd burn out on life. Mad props to you. You've got a hell of a lot more discipline than I do. Your kids owe you.
What is a weekend? Honestly, weekends are super busy. I actually look forward to Mondays when I can go back to work and sit in front of a computer for much of the day.
I've been adopting this approach in order to have higher-quality free time. I find that if I wake up early (around 7:30) then I can take an hour or so to myself in the mornings to read, play a game, or work on a personal project, and I have my full brainpower to apply to it. However by the time I get home from work around 6, I don't have nearly as much energy to put in to the same activities, and can't focus as easil…
Am I the only person who can never have "full brainpower" anytime within 3 hours of waking up?
I get up at 5am to start getting the kids up and ready for school (high schoolers first, then elementary schoolers, then middle schoolers). Everyone is finally at school by 9:15am and I can head in for work. I get home around 6pm and get the little kids in bed by 8pm. 8-8:30pm is me time. Then I get ready for bed and am asleep by 9pm. I can't imagine what a slow morning (or evening!) would even be like. I'd appreciat…
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How much do you earn, if you don't mind my asking? And what sort of work is it?
$100 an hour as an independent contractor developing farming robots at a place that feels very very good for me. EDIT: I definitely got very lucky finding this position. I’m not suggesting everyone can just do this. But if people don’t refuse to work 40-50 hour work weeks, then that’s what employers will expect.
I don't really know how it works in countries with better healthcare, but in the US you usually have to work fulltime to get any sort of benefits from your employer. And benefits through the marketplace (not through an employer) are generally expensive for what they offer.
Someone in the US would need to make quite a bit to be able to do part time.
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I thought the same until I had kids. This sort of thing is part and parcel of having children, you really do learn not only to handle it, but to derive enjoyment from the situation overall. If it helps any, my experience is that it's hardest on the day your child is born, but it gets progressively easier as the years go by and the children become increasingly self-sufficient.
> If it helps any, my experience is that it's hardest on the day your child is born, but it gets progressively easier as the years go by and the children become increasingly self-sufficient. Not sure what kind of beings you're raising but my experience with three kids is that it gets progressively harder until around 5 and stays stable until 13 and gets much harder from there.
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How do you do this? I would literally die. I can't live life so breathlessly with what sounds like no room for breaks. Are weekends even enough for you to recover? Forget burning out of a job, I'd burn out on life. Mad props to you. You've got a hell of a lot more discipline than I do. Your kids owe you.
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