This is day 4 of an altered schedule. Now that I’m off caffeine, and .. either (a) I’m waking up more alert, or (b) I am equally sleepy all day .. After going on a vacation, and getting some feedback from very wise person, I am trying this:
- MAKE TIME for things that are fun.
However, at the same time, my wife and I are trying something else:
- Can we exist with one car?
The plan on the latter was, I would have the car on Tuesday and Thursday, and she would have the car on M,W,F. I drop her at work / she drops me at a work / that kind of thing.
So here is how it has panned out:
| The Plan | The Reality | |
| 6am-? | Wake Up, jump in the shower, drink some water, etc. | 2/4 days yes. 3rd day: shower followed by nap. 4th day: sleep till 7. |
| ?-8am | Get to work (or leave for work) by 8am! | More like 8:30 arrival, or 9:00, but hey the cat has a vet appointment, so lets go for 10:00. |
| 8am-5pm | Work till 5 or whenever I get my hours in by. | Leave at 3:30 to get the wife from her job, go home and then work at home for a few hours |
| 5pm-8pm | Be “productive” till 8pm (house stuff, etc) | This has worked pretty well. Dishes are done! Bills are paid! Cat is brushed! |
| 8pm-10pm | Do something fun / just for me from 8 to 10 | This has also worked pretty well. Video editing, watching pro cycling, etc |
| 10pm-11pm | Head upstairs, wind down, journal, dim the lights, get to bed | Worked ok for 2 days. Then yesterday: THOU SHALT NOT SLEEP! |
| 11pm-6am | 7 hours of sleep! | 1am: Cat. 3am: Cat. 5am: Cat. |
What we also figured out is, my wife uses her driving time as her solitude time.. she’s a closet introvert (I am a closet extrovert?!!) .. so as much as I loved having time with her all to myself in the car while transporting each other, she got increasingly grumpy at not having recharge time.
So, in summary:
a. Our schedules are too deviant to make it work with one car. We’re keeping both cars.
b. I’ll try The Plan again. This time with my own car.
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