During the work week, how many hours of pure leisure time do you have? (Leisure defined as time dedicated purely to your own hobbies/favorite activities, eg purely personal activities: not counting time spent with kids, catching up with SO, cooking, running errands, etc)

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630-730 Wake up, coffee, personal email, news
730-9 workout, shower, eat
9-1 work
1-130 lunch
130-6 pool, read, walk, some work (good day)
130-6 work (bad day)
6-730 prep dinner / dinner
730-11 relax
11-630 sleep

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7:00-8:00 wake up, coffee, read news, hang with SO
8:00 pre-work before day starts
9:00-12:00 work
12:30-8:00 work with quick break for dinner, but less than 30 mins
8:00-9:00 walk
9:00-10:00 work
10:00-11:00 shower, wind down, bed time

So 0 hours during the week lol.

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630-8am make breakfast for family
8am-noon work
Noon-2 lunch and workout
2-5 workout
5-8help with dinner, eat, help get kids to bed
8-11 combo of catch up with SO and leisure time

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Is this good to workout right after lunch though

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Work week: 120 hours total
-70 hours of work
-25 hours of sleep
-10 hours eating
-5 hours morning routine
-10 hours on a useless whatsapp with other consultants

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No seriously! What I like about this community. Thank you

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I’ll start, 2-3 hours or so, M-F

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I spend about an hour a day working out. Is that leisure time?

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Oh I hang out with my SO when they’re not working late. Usually dinner or we work out together. Sometimes we will watch an hour of Tv together. All in, dinner, workout, TV I’d say 3 hours of leisure time a day (but that includes errands and cleaning and stuff, tho I basically order everything on amazon and do groceries on the weekend).

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Probably 2-3 hours a day of non-workout out leisure time

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Single mom so 0-1. If I’m not working, I’m spending time with or taking care of the kids.

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Hobbies? Never heard of them

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I do have a lot of time for leisure during the week... I would say at least 20 hs a week and up to 40 when I’m in the mood for movies or series. M-F... My wife is professional as me and wfh. We have no kids and work usually 7 hours a day. Cook together and go for long walks every day... I do work out everyday and I like to watch a 2hr movie or 2 chapter of a series a day... maybe one extra hour at the pool/reading... I would say 30hs a week of leisure is my average. Many times that is more than my billed time at work.

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Wake up, roll into work, Usually work until time to make dinner ~8pm, then eat and clean up by 9:30, spend an hour to unwind (news, tv, personal emails, etc). So if you count that hour of unwinding... but too tired to do any hobbies. However I block off the weekends and only work those for real emergencies

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Confused why time with kids isn't leisure time?

Yesterday I spent two hours with my kids playing take, doing exercises (they like when I use then as weightlifting equipment), and going on a walk.

Give me free time and good weather, nothing I'd rather do than be outside with my kids (unfortunately, they have no interest in jogging with me, so I do that alone).

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Haha, was supposed to be "tag"

But I like your suggestion

Wake up 530 am
Workout 545 - 645
Work 730-630 pm
Workout 7 - 745 pm
Dinner 8-830 pm
Work 830-1130 pm
My 2 workouts are my only me time and usually SO makes dinner when I’m already back in calls at 8 Pm

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Out of 120 hr work week
-36-40 hrs working
-10 hrs eating/cooking
-40hrs sleeping
-5 hrs online courses
-3 hrs running errands
-5 hrs with SO
-17-21 free time

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I’m a man of leisure.

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5:15 am wake up
6am - 8:15 ride my horses
9-am - 6pm work straight through, inc lunch
6 - 6:30 dinner (I meal prep everything on the weekend)
7 - 9pm time w my SO or messing around in the garden

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Maybe 1 a day. Working 8-11, and any time I find, I spend with the SO

Fridays and weekends are much better. Maybe 2 hours of work over the weekend and usually done working by 6 on Fridays (so 4-6 hours of free time).

I get that D1. I’m the same way. It’s all about communication with your SO and making time be truly quality. It’s worked for me for many many years!

15 to 20.

Probably 2-3 hours a day, and pre-COVID I would include my commuting time in the number. That was another 1.5 hours a day I spent on a bus reading novels

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