When I was single the weekends seemed quite long. I would sleep half of the Saturday, watch some TV shows, clean a bit and sometimes visit some friends. And Sunday evening I would play bass in my metal band. Nice and easy.

But now that I have a family and small children there is never time to do anything. The kids always need something, food, diper, entertainment, make them sleep, clean up. Wash the dishes, wash the clothes etc. Once we’re done with them it’s 9pm, we try to watch a movie and my partner falls asleep of exhaustion within 20 minutes. I try do watch it to the end so I can tell her the summary in the morning.

It’s totally regarding to have kids but I wish the weekend was one day longer.

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Vote for me. 30-day weekend policy.

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Yeah man i get you.

When I was a kid to mid 20s and had nothing to do I’d sleep all day and game and skate all fucking night and time just seemed to drag like molasses.

Now in my mid to late 30s I’m busting my ass every day to make life happen and there’s no real moment to stop. I got used to it but I totally get why people wake up at 8am every day…I have shit to do. If I don’t go to bed at midnight I’m a mess the next day.

The recent long weekends have made the 5 day week feel long and the 2 day weekend feel short.

I think it’s supposed to get better after the kids get a bit older. You get more time to yourself as they get more independent. I’m in no rush tbh. Life is wicked short I don’t need it to go any faster.

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The Weeknd is even shorter.

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He can’t help it. But yeah.

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I work a 4/3 schedule, which is far better for the extra day, but it’s still not enough… There’s a tantalizing 7/7 possibility murmuring about though

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Dude across the street does 7/7 he took one week of PTO and went to Texas.

That one week of PTO got him 3 weeks of paid time off. Just amazing.

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Doing anything meaningful is difficult/challenging. It’s part of what makes it meaningful.

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I don’t have kids and I look at parents and I honestly don’t know how they do it.

It’s hard enough taking care of myself.

How parents take care of kids on top of everything else is a mystery to me. I assume you all get magic powers like Hermione did in the second or third book to go back in time.

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You’d be surprised what you can accomplish when you have no choice, like surviving the wilderness when stranded, or choosing your least favourite sock when there’s no more TP.

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This is amazing and accurate to how we feel.

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