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A few posts in threads brought up just how much some people work. I feel fortunate that I have never really had to work a lot in and of my professions in order to make my way up the chain and eke out some OK salaries. Now, I am at best a middle manager, so I haven't made it to Director or VP level, but I am fine with that. If I pick up enough side work (interesting design fabarication stuff that pays well) I barely crack 6 figures in a typical year, so I am far from making Chet money. But with a wife that makes more than me, we do alright.
So was curious what is a typical workweek day for you? If all your days are different, what would an averaged day look like?
I never really considered myself a routine person, but when I think about it, most of my days are very similar. There is the occasional earlier morning or later evening work thing, or the occasional weekday social thing (music, theater, movie, friend hang, etc) but like 90% of the time, my day is as follows
For context, have a 5th and 7th grader, wife works from home 3/5 days, I work in the office 4.5/5 days
7:15 - wake up - wife has already been up since 5:30 probably and gone for a run and solved some world problems. younger boy also wakes up at this 7:15 time
7:15 - 7:45 - enjoy my coffee while reading some news and twitter and this place, and generally avoid conversation with my wife or kids (I am a grumpy morning person)
7:45 - 8:15 - feel caffeinated enough to chat with family, get the older kid out of bed, make some breakfast for the family, answer any easy/quick work emails/chats, let the dogs out
8:15 - 8:45 - bathroom, shower, brush teeth, get dressed, get lunch and other stuff together
8:45 - 9:15 - drive kids to school while typically listening to "Stuff You Should Know" (15 minute drive - school starts at 9:00, always cutting it very close), drive myself to work (15 minutes)
9:15 - 10:00 - say hellos, hang with some work folk and catch up, get lunch food in fridge, make some tea or coffee and maybe eat some breakfast, check some emails and put out any fires
10:00 - 12:00 - I generally have no meetings until 10, occasionally 9:30. But this 10:00 - 12:00 is almost always 2 or 3 consecutive meetings
12:00 - 1:00 - either eat lunch at my desk while surfing the web and a bunch of email/chat/budget stuff, or if no work needed and nice out, eat a quick snack lunch and go for a walk or run and listen to a podcast or book
1:00 - 2:30 - either some more meetings, or typically time for me to do some design work or planning or purchasing
2:30 - 3:30 - get my hands dirty and run the CNC, or weld some steel, or do some woodworking. My favorite part of the day, but also glad it is only a portion of my day
3:30 - 4:15 - leave work, grab kids from school, either drive home or drive them climbing gym
4:15 - 7:00 - Mon/Thu me and kids are at climbing gym and then drive home (wife makes dinner on these days or we grab some takeout). Tue/Thu/Fri we go home and I generally work for an hour, take dogs for a walk, then make dinner
7:00 - 9:00 - combo of eating, playing games or watching something or playing video games with kids
9:00 - 10:30 - my alone time. Wife and kids are in bed. I type nonsense like this or watch a basketball game or play some guitar. Maybe have a couple drinks.
Wala
So was curious what is a typical workweek day for you? If all your days are different, what would an averaged day look like?
I never really considered myself a routine person, but when I think about it, most of my days are very similar. There is the occasional earlier morning or later evening work thing, or the occasional weekday social thing (music, theater, movie, friend hang, etc) but like 90% of the time, my day is as follows
For context, have a 5th and 7th grader, wife works from home 3/5 days, I work in the office 4.5/5 days
7:15 - wake up - wife has already been up since 5:30 probably and gone for a run and solved some world problems. younger boy also wakes up at this 7:15 time
7:15 - 7:45 - enjoy my coffee while reading some news and twitter and this place, and generally avoid conversation with my wife or kids (I am a grumpy morning person)
7:45 - 8:15 - feel caffeinated enough to chat with family, get the older kid out of bed, make some breakfast for the family, answer any easy/quick work emails/chats, let the dogs out
8:15 - 8:45 - bathroom, shower, brush teeth, get dressed, get lunch and other stuff together
8:45 - 9:15 - drive kids to school while typically listening to "Stuff You Should Know" (15 minute drive - school starts at 9:00, always cutting it very close), drive myself to work (15 minutes)
9:15 - 10:00 - say hellos, hang with some work folk and catch up, get lunch food in fridge, make some tea or coffee and maybe eat some breakfast, check some emails and put out any fires
10:00 - 12:00 - I generally have no meetings until 10, occasionally 9:30. But this 10:00 - 12:00 is almost always 2 or 3 consecutive meetings
12:00 - 1:00 - either eat lunch at my desk while surfing the web and a bunch of email/chat/budget stuff, or if no work needed and nice out, eat a quick snack lunch and go for a walk or run and listen to a podcast or book
1:00 - 2:30 - either some more meetings, or typically time for me to do some design work or planning or purchasing
2:30 - 3:30 - get my hands dirty and run the CNC, or weld some steel, or do some woodworking. My favorite part of the day, but also glad it is only a portion of my day
3:30 - 4:15 - leave work, grab kids from school, either drive home or drive them climbing gym
4:15 - 7:00 - Mon/Thu me and kids are at climbing gym and then drive home (wife makes dinner on these days or we grab some takeout). Tue/Thu/Fri we go home and I generally work for an hour, take dogs for a walk, then make dinner
7:00 - 9:00 - combo of eating, playing games or watching something or playing video games with kids
9:00 - 10:30 - my alone time. Wife and kids are in bed. I type nonsense like this or watch a basketball game or play some guitar. Maybe have a couple drinks.
Wala
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️ poop, gym/pool/bike/run, shower, drive to the office and arrive most days 8:30, some days 7:30. Work until 4. Drive home, walk the dog, wife joins me most days, dinner - made by either wife or 16yo son who loves to cook. Talk with the family, head to bed by 830.
I know, competing statements here!
