Brad on prioritization of my time

I do like the discussion about how we prioritize our time. I didn’t want to provide information without being thoughtful so I spent some time going hour by hour through each day in a “typical” week. That is comical in itself since typical schedule happens about as often as typical weather. Here’s my commentary on my time priority (spreadsheet below, cause I know you all enjoy that):

Although I know I require a lot of sleep, putting in the perspective of 1/3 of my life is in bed seems excessive. I wish I could consistently function with 6 hours of sleep, oh what I could do with two extra hours! But I know that leads to bad habits such as napping, poor calorie consumption to overcome sleepiness, lack of energy for exercise, etc. Definitely not worth it!

I think I put in a large amount of time working, but I feel that I should considering the sizable compensation I receive from my employer. In addition to my salary, I have great discretion as to when I work so while the number of hours may seem like a lot to some, they don’t come directly at the expense of other priorities very often.

I like that I spend this much time with my family. Because we are busy during the week we tend to guard our weekends and spend lots of time together. That is the best. 1/4th of my life and over 1/3rd of my waking hours with my family feels like a good amount for me.

I am disappointed that the number of TV hours exceeds my exercise hours. That said it is a bit misleading due to TV being combined with other things. I rarely sit down and watch TV. But it is typically on in the evening after the girls are in bed. I may be working, or running on the treadmill, or folding laundry, but the TV is on. Of note, Sheila can read with the TV on and I cannot. To be able to read I have to be in a quiet environment with little distractions. Unfortunately that definitely limits my reading time.

I really like the lack of car time. .5 a day is probably too large of an estimate. It is about 6 minutes from home to office. I have dropoff duty at school for the girls all days once and a couple days twice. In that instance, my car time is lengthened to 12 minutes one way. Not to shabby, the only thing I miss about not being in the car more is the talk radio.