56 hours of sleep
45 hours of work (include the potential for working a bit longer each day)
5 hours of commuting to/from work
6 hours of exercise/gym
2 hours of grocery shopping
7 hours of cooking and other food prep
7 hours of eating
1 hour of laundry
2 hours of general cleaning around the house
2 hours of other general chores
That’s 133 hours per week. You still have 35 hours for socializing, hobbies, other activities you enjoy, or just plain sitting around and relaxing (with a book, with TV, etc.) if you enjoy that. And some people can fit in part of those needs in terms of overlap: white collar jobs that don’t mind if you buy something for yourself online during the day, restaurant jobs that cover a shift meal, physical jobs or commutes that reduce the amount of time you might need to get exercise outside of work, etc.
For me, I actually really enjoy cooking (and eating) so I probably spend more time on those than is strictly necessary, but it doesn’t feel like work to me.
I’m probably lucky in that I spent some time working in restaurants that gave me a ton of kitchen skills (not just the actual ability to prep and cook delicious food quickly, but the sense of meal planning on a strict budget that reduces food waste), and makes me appreciate the regularity of a white collar job schedule that actually fits with circadian rhythms and the flow of the rest of society.
Kids make it harder, though. A lot of that 35 hours per week carved out gets totally eaten up with a second commute to daycare (5 hours), bedtime routines (7 hours), extracurricular weekend activities (5 hours), and extra cleaning (5 hours), a second load of laundry (1 hour), and extra chores (2 hours), leaving you with only 10 hours per week of hobbies/leisure.
At that point you’ve gotta find the time from somewhere. I personally dipped to 7 hours per week day of sleep around that time, dropped my gym attendance to around 3 hours per week, and started paying to outsource some of the cleaning (a weekly service) and cooking (more takeout/restaurants) and shopping (more grocery delivery).
But the magic, for me, was that my kids are really fun. They leave me with less time for other things but I love them and that part feels less like a chore. And they’re a forcing function in that I have to be home when they’re asleep 3-4 hours before my bedtime, when I don’t have anything better to do than clean a bit, do a bit of meal prep, and watch a lot of TV with my spouse.
Cool, now can you break down Elon’s week? I have always wondered how he can be CEO of two companies, be involved with five other, raise twelve children, be the top player on two major video games, be a meme lord on Xhitter, consume more ketamine than a large rave party, fix the US government, be an amazing designer, and engineering all sorts of technical things.
I’m pretty sure Elon Musk is miserable. He is always raging around, he is annoyed by the slightest critique. I bet he spends most of his free time online, reading articles about himself and hating that everyone hates him
Depending on your exercise it is also time for yourself. I really enjoy being in the gym, listening to music and exercising. Afterwards I reward myself with the Sauna in the gym which makes it even more time for myself.
Break it out into 168 hours per week:
56 hours of sleep
45 hours of work (include the potential for working a bit longer each day)
5 hours of commuting to/from work
6 hours of exercise/gym
2 hours of grocery shopping
7 hours of cooking and other food prep
7 hours of eating
1 hour of laundry
2 hours of general cleaning around the house
2 hours of other general chores
That’s 133 hours per week. You still have 35 hours for socializing, hobbies, other activities you enjoy, or just plain sitting around and relaxing (with a book, with TV, etc.) if you enjoy that. And some people can fit in part of those needs in terms of overlap: white collar jobs that don’t mind if you buy something for yourself online during the day, restaurant jobs that cover a shift meal, physical jobs or commutes that reduce the amount of time you might need to get exercise outside of work, etc.
For me, I actually really enjoy cooking (and eating) so I probably spend more time on those than is strictly necessary, but it doesn’t feel like work to me.
I’m probably lucky in that I spent some time working in restaurants that gave me a ton of kitchen skills (not just the actual ability to prep and cook delicious food quickly, but the sense of meal planning on a strict budget that reduces food waste), and makes me appreciate the regularity of a white collar job schedule that actually fits with circadian rhythms and the flow of the rest of society.
Kids make it harder, though. A lot of that 35 hours per week carved out gets totally eaten up with a second commute to daycare (5 hours), bedtime routines (7 hours), extracurricular weekend activities (5 hours), and extra cleaning (5 hours), a second load of laundry (1 hour), and extra chores (2 hours), leaving you with only 10 hours per week of hobbies/leisure.
At that point you’ve gotta find the time from somewhere. I personally dipped to 7 hours per
weekday of sleep around that time, dropped my gym attendance to around 3 hours per week, and started paying to outsource some of the cleaning (a weekly service) and cooking (more takeout/restaurants) and shopping (more grocery delivery).But the magic, for me, was that my kids are really fun. They leave me with less time for other things but I love them and that part feels less like a chore. And they’re a forcing function in that I have to be home when they’re asleep 3-4 hours before my bedtime, when I don’t have anything better to do than clean a bit, do a bit of meal prep, and watch a lot of TV with my spouse.
Cool, now can you break down Elon’s week? I have always wondered how he can be CEO of two companies, be involved with five other, raise twelve children, be the top player on two major video games, be a meme lord on Xhitter, consume more ketamine than a large rave party, fix the US government, be an amazing designer, and engineering all sorts of technical things.
I’m pretty sure Elon Musk is miserable. He is always raging around, he is annoyed by the slightest critique. I bet he spends most of his free time online, reading articles about himself and hating that everyone hates him
Depending on your exercise it is also time for yourself. I really enjoy being in the gym, listening to music and exercising. Afterwards I reward myself with the Sauna in the gym which makes it even more time for myself.
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