Have a 1.5 yo and try to maximize non-work times on mornings, evenings and weekends with him. This leaves me no time to do other things like workout, play sports or learn a new hobby. How do y'all do both?

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Prioritize it. Grabbing an hour to work out a few times a week shouldn’t be a big issue.

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When your partner can handle the child. Just communicate whose doing what and when.

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Heed these people’s advice. I never was able to figure it out and now with two it’s even harder.

Get help. Tag team when you can. Make it a priority and have both partners find time.

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Everyone is different, but I agree and disagree with people above. I don’t want 2-3 times a week where I miss that small window in morning or evenings with my kid, specifically around weeknights. Especially because sometimes I have work events then all this adds up to be too much time away. That’s just me.

I workout 2 times a week after bedtime (so starting at 8:15-8:30) where I do a shorter 20-30 min lifting then follow up with some mild cardio for 20-30 min so I’m not all hopped up before bed. Then on average I prob spend 2 weeknights hanging with my wife and 1 on a hobby. Then I try to get two big workouts in during the weekend. I normally squeeze those into nap times but sometimes 1 of them isn’t and my wife has the kiddo. Sometimes we split weekend mornings where she takes the kid Sat and I take Sunday.

New hobbies are hard because you just have less time so any type of progress can be hard with only maybe 1-3 hrs a week of dedicated time. Reality is I have had to cut out some of my hobbies versus picking up new things. I think that’s just normal rationalizing for parents.

Point here is… maximize your time post bed time. Don’t be a loaf. Be present with your partner. Force yourself to workout. Create a plan for a hobby (I have a chess training plan for example). Weekends be flexible and consider some split time blocks. Naps are your weekend friend to hit your goals though since no matter what, your kid will be down at that time.

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Also outsource everything you can. Get a cleaner and someone to cut your grass. I don’t mind doing that stuff (even enjoy the grass) but I do mind if it means that takes up the time I could have worked out or family time. I just had to create clear priorities and lean into them.

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I found ways (at least on some days) to combine exercise and kid time. When kids were little, I put them in the bike trailer and rode with them in tow. When they were old enough to ride, they rode with me. If I wanted a longer ride, we would do a little ride, I’d drop them at home with my wife and then I’d go out for longer.

Our gym also has a kid drop off/day care so I would take them there, work out for an hour, then we would go play basketball or whatever in the gym.

Swimming was another good one. My wife and I would take turns playing with our kids in the pool while the other one swam laps.

Hobbies were harder with little ones- this was usually a trade-off kid supervision time with my wife approach. She needs non-kid/hobby time as much as I do.

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For now I don’t. Kid first. Golf a couple times a year

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