- 49-56 hours (~33% of my time) sleeping
- 50-60 hours (~30%) taking care of Adelaide
- 21 hours (13%) running errands and doing chores
- 20 hours (12%) working
- 10 hours (6%) watching TV, wasting time on Facebook, etc. (aka, screen time)
- 3 hours (2%) on schoolwork
- 4 hours (2%) at church and related activities
- 3 hours (2%) with friends
There are some things that are not included in this list that should be, such as time with Spencer, a hobby, religious study, and exercise. Ideally, I would like to see the time distribution look more like this:
- 50-60 hours (30% of my time) taking care of Adelaide
- 42 hours (25%) sleeping
- 20 hours (12%) working
- 20 hours (12%) on schoolwork
- 14 hours (8%) running errands and doing chores
- 7 hours (5%) on screen time
- 6 hours (3%) at church and on religious study
- 3-4 hours (~2%) with friends
- 3-4 hours (~2%) with Spencer
- 3.5 hours (1%) exercising
What do you spend your week doing? Do your weekly activities support your short- and long-term goals?
With three kids, and as a stay-at-home mom, I'd say I spend at least 65-70% of my time taking care of one or more of them, if you include passive supervision. So there's a ton of overlap. I also figured out that most of my screen time is spent reading articles/blogs about parenting, trying to learn new things and get some good ideas.
ReplyDeleteI want to spend more time actively with my kids (it's what I'm blogging about at the moment). I feel pretty good about how I spend my time now, though. I don't waste nearly as much time as I did when I had no kids. I wish I could spend a little more time cleaning, but that would be hard right now!