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I enjoyed this blog post where he talks about his writing process. https://www.brandonsanderson.com/my-work-life-balance-as-a-w... He seems very disciplined. Hate to say but I'm glad I'm not one of his kids. He wakes up around noon and then writes for five hours, and _then_ he hangs out with his family. So basically his kids don't see him all day until shortly before they go to bed.
How is that any different from someone with a regular job? Especially someone who has to leave before the kids are up? And how is 5PM "shortly before bed"?
I thought young kids go to bed really early, like 6:30 to 7:00ish pm for the very small ones, and some of that time would be taken up preparing and feeding them dinner.