What does your typical “day in the life” look like as a PM on a workday?

I’d love to know:
- What time do you start working?
- What do you work on throughout the day?
- What time do you stop working?
- Do you feel like you have work-life balance working those hours?

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Start around 8, I’m in meetings most of the day with Eng, legal, UX, marketing, etc, when I’m not, I’m writing emails and IMs about something discussed in meetings, updating PRDs, updating excel tracking sheets…i stop around 5:30. I can hardly eat I’m so busy during the day, so no, probably wouldn’t say I have balance during the day, but after work it’s ok.

I'm the first one in and the last one out on most days. I still feel like I have a work life balance despite the schedule. It actually helps me feel on top of things so I'm not still stressing when I'm not at work.

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