Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance

Post by jmb12686 » Sat, Sep 07, 2019, 12:42 AM UTC

jacobolus wrote: post #106

JohnFen wrote: post #98

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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.

> hardest on the day your child is born, but it gets progressively easier A 3-year-old definitely takes a lot more continuous attention than a newborn (assuming the newborn is healthy, eats and sleeps okay, ...). I was able to get some amount of work done while taking care of my first kid up to about age 1. In the two years since then, not so much (I just pray for conveniently timed naps). The second one is 6 months…

Post by vinceguidry » Sat, Sep 07, 2019, 12:53 AM UTC

JohnFen wrote: post #97

vinceguidry wrote: post #75

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To enter a market you need to build a firm and develop a product. This requires non-trivial time and resources and is risky. Without the resources you can only try it a few times in a lifetime. With the resources, you can keep trying until you find success. It's building a ladder up a mountain that already exists.

> This requires non-trivial time and resources and is risky. Absolutely true. You need to take a risk to take advantage of an opportunity. > Without the resources you can only try it a few times in a lifetime. If you have time and determination, you really do have all the resources that are necessary (unless you're wanting a get-rich-quick type of thing, of course). There's nothing that limits you to a few times in a…

Post by amritamaz » Sat, Sep 07, 2019, 12:58 AM UTC

krustyburger wrote: post #9

>“Technology has done nothing but enhance my life. But how you decide to carve out time for yourself is important,” says Nicole Loher, a 26-year-old marketing consultant for Microsoft. “There was a time when I did transition into being that obsessive with the phone and it didn’t feel that great.” Loher is also a slow-morning devotee and she started her routine a decade ago, frequently waking at 4:30 and spending the…

Post by jefftk » Sat, Sep 07, 2019, 1:29 AM UTC

jacobolus wrote: post #106

JohnFen wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> hardest on the day your child is born, but it gets progressively easier A 3-year-old definitely takes a lot more continuous attention than a newborn (assuming the newborn is healthy, eats and sleeps okay, ...). I was able to get some amount of work done while taking care of my first kid up to about age 1. In the two years since then, not so much (I just pray for conveniently timed naps). The second one is 6 months…

Post by jefftk » Sat, Sep 07, 2019, 1:34 AM UTC

antisthenes wrote: post #26

pacaro wrote: post #7

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

I can't imagine ever going to bed unless it's completely dark outside. I did grow up in the northern latitudes somewhat, so going to bed before 11pm in the summer would be ridiculous. We were out playing with friends until 9-10pm, easily.