"How do you keep focused on your personal projects in the midst of life commitments, work and the other curve balls that life throws you?" How many hours a day

"How do you keep focused on your personal projects in the midst of life commitments, work and the other curve balls that life throws you?" How many hours a day/week do you spend on HN? Why not route news.ycombinator.com to 127.0.0.1 for a week and spend that time working on your personal projects? If you find that isn't enough time, you should figure out why you dont have at least a free hour a day. Usually it'll be something trivial like miscounting other entertainment times, which you can redirect.