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6-7hrs. Go to bed between 10:30-11:00pm, wake up between 5:00-5:30am. Forcing functions: my wife works 5am-1:30pm so I have kid duty in the morning. Have 3 k
by eitally 9y ago
6-7hrs. Go to bed between 10:30-11:00pm, wake up between 5:00-5:30am. Forcing functions: my wife works 5am-1:30pm so I have kid duty in the morning. Have 3 kids, including a baby. I'm in the office 9am-4pm, but refuse to stay later because family (kids' sports, dinner together, etc), so I put in 1-2hrs of additional work most nights.
To tie this to the post about workplace culture/stress affecting health, while my current schedule is perfectly sustainable, the one thing that got cut out of my daily routine as a direct result of spending 1.5hrs commuting each day is exercise. I went from running 40-50 miles per week and hitting the gym 2-3x to playing sports 2 days a week, going to the gym only on weekends, and not running at all.
I refuse to allow work to rule my life. If I consistently have more work to do than I am able within a reasonable amount of time (say, 45 hrs/wk, max), then I escalate and make it a management problem.