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Can anyone with wife and kids attest to the feasibility of "painting every day"?

by imafish 10y ago

wasted_intel 10y ago
Wife and two kids, here. 30 minutes a day is what I strive for, with breaks on weekends. Totally feasible.
- jon-wood 10y ago
  You make a fair point. I posted the opposite while you were writing this, but I could probably fit in 30 minutes a day. I'm just not sure how much I could learn in that little time - it can take me that long just to get into the right mindset.
  - dbancajas 10y ago
    I also had this problem of difficulty getting in the zone. I find that doing it constantly as a habit you get in the zone easily. Plus the knowledge will be stewed in your brain while you're at work. So you're not really only doing the project when sitting in front of the keyboard.
jon-wood 10y ago
Its a pipe dream if you have a wife and kids. I get to paint every week if I specifically make time, but there's no way I could do side projects everyday and not burn out from doing nothing but work.
vikas0380 10y ago
i have seen only one example, everybody else stopped painting or paints once in while.
bryanthompson 10y ago
I have a wife, kid, and a whole mess of dogs. Job is fairly demanding and I have some other loose-ends from past projects that require some babysitting. I aim for at least 15 minutes per day in my wood shop, a little more on the weekends. It's enough that if I plan well, I can practice interesting things or make progress on projects.
projektir 10y ago
Its feasibility is directly dependent on how many other things you do every day / how much free time you have after subtracting kids/commute/etc. It's generally not difficult to do any given thing every day. It's difficult to do 20, though.
analog31 10y ago
I'm married with two kids in high school. For me, it's not painting, but playing music every day. I don't always get to practice, but the days that I miss are more likely be due to me procrastinating than to actual lack of time. I also spend some time every day at work, doing some coding, even though I'm not employed as a programmer. Oddly enough, it makes me look quite busy, and nobody has ever questioned whether it's actually related to my job or not.
dm3 10y ago
It's possible, but you have to be disciplined. I try to get up an hour or two early every day at least for a week per month to put some quality time into the studies/projects. Other times it's 10 minute chunks that you squeeze in throughout the day which aren't productive.

Can anyone with wife and kids attest to the feasibility of "painting every day"?

by imafish 10y ago

Can anyone with wife and kids attest to the feasibility of "painting every day"?

wasted_intel 10y ago

Wife and two kids, here. 30 minutes a day is what I strive for, with breaks on weekends. Totally feasible.

jon-wood 10y ago
You make a fair point. I posted the opposite while you were writing this, but I could probably fit in 30 minutes a day. I'm just not sure how much I could learn in that little time - it can take me that long just to get into the right mindset.
- dbancajas 10y ago
  I also had this problem of difficulty getting in the zone. I find that doing it constantly as a habit you get in the zone easily. Plus the knowledge will be stewed in your brain while you're at work. So you're not really only doing the project when sitting in front of the keyboard.

jon-wood 10y ago

Its a pipe dream if you have a wife and kids. I get to paint every week if I specifically make time, but there's no way I could do side projects everyday and not burn out from doing nothing but work.

vikas0380 10y ago

i have seen only one example, everybody else stopped painting or paints once in while.

bryanthompson 10y ago

I have a wife, kid, and a whole mess of dogs. Job is fairly demanding and I have some other loose-ends from past projects that require some babysitting. I aim for at least 15 minutes per day in my wood shop, a little more on the weekends. It's enough that if I plan well, I can practice interesting things or make progress on projects.

projektir 10y ago

Its feasibility is directly dependent on how many other things you do every day / how much free time you have after subtracting kids/commute/etc. It's generally not difficult to do any given thing every day. It's difficult to do 20, though.

analog31 10y ago

I'm married with two kids in high school. For me, it's not painting, but playing music every day. I don't always get to practice, but the days that I miss are more likely be due to me procrastinating than to actual lack of time. I also spend some time every day at work, doing some coding, even though I'm not employed as a programmer. Oddly enough, it makes me look quite busy, and nobody has ever questioned whether it's actually related to my job or not.

dm3 10y ago

It's possible, but you have to be disciplined. I try to get up an hour or two early every day at least for a week per month to put some quality time into the studies/projects. Other times it's 10 minute chunks that you squeeze in throughout the day which aren't productive.