A wife. A full time job. And the first kid is on the way. I have all the time I need. I'm not a fastidious planner with a Type-A personality and an obsession

A wife. A full time job. And the first kid is on the way. I have all the time I need. I'm not a fastidious planner with a Type-A personality and an obsession with maintaining lists. I'm actually terribly lazy and my wife might have to remind me a couple times to get something done before I actually find time to do it. I think I've just structured my life around what I love to do that it all falls into place with the least amount of effort on my part. Things that contribute to me having enough free time to work on my side projects: - I don't spend much time watching TV, playing video games, or engaging in passive activities (I save them for when I need a rest) - I live close to where I work so that I don't waste hours commuting - I keep my circle of friends small and plan my social engagements ahead of time (I usually plan them around the time I want for working on my projects) - I do chores, run errands, and keep up with all the little things using a todo list. If I need to pick up groceries I'll do it on the commute home. If I need to run a bunch of errands I'll schedule that time in advance. - I get up early and get my exercise in before I start my work day - I never work at my full time job for more than 8 hours (very few extraneous circumstances will change that. I break this rule on occassion) - Wife and I are rather independent people and we like our personal time which helps too ;) Time is the one resource that we cannot acquire more of. We're all spending at the same rate as one another. I believe it's how you choose to spend it that is the most important. I tend to be very self-centered and introverted and structure my life around spending as much time on the things that will make me happy as I possibly can. I don't like planning and living on a schedule so I just make sure I'm in the right place at the right time to do the things that I want... kind of like 'wu-wei' I guess.