During the week, generally speaking TV is out. (Unless we're watching a show with our son before he goes to bed.) I use the time after my kid goes to bed for my evening routine and reading. Socializing during the week is basically out, if we have my son. It's just too much to try to go out or have people ov…
During the week, generally speaking TV is out. (Unless we're watching a show with our son before he goes to bed.) I use the time after my kid goes to bed for my evening routine and reading. Socializing during the week is basically out, if we have my son. It's just too much to try to go out or have people over, unless it's my parents (who are easy). Phone scrolling at night is out too, because that can become a huge time suck.
I don't subscribe to many newsletters because I just don't want to take the time. I listen to audiobooks while I drive, walk, and clean/tidy/fold laundry. I often don't scroll social media or look at other people's stuff, I just reply to comments on my own posts, and my own DMs.
But related to both 1 and 2, I work from home, so I can fit folding laundry into a short break in my workday. I can schedule an appliance repair (like I had to do today, for our oven) during my workday too. I can duck out for an hour for physical therapy or the dentist because we have a flexible work schedule. There is huge benefit to working from home WITH the flexibility that we have (not every employer is as flexible with their remote workers). That's probably where a lot of my "healthy balance" comes from.
Hi Emily! Love these questions.
During the week, generally speaking TV is out. (Unless we're watching a show with our son before he goes to bed.) I use the time after my kid goes to bed for my evening routine and reading. Socializing during the week is basically out, if we have my son. It's just too much to try to go out or have people over, unless it's my parents (who are easy). Phone scrolling at night is out too, because that can become a huge time suck.
I don't subscribe to many newsletters because I just don't want to take the time. I listen to audiobooks while I drive, walk, and clean/tidy/fold laundry. I often don't scroll social media or look at other people's stuff, I just reply to comments on my own posts, and my own DMs.
But related to both 1 and 2, I work from home, so I can fit folding laundry into a short break in my workday. I can schedule an appliance repair (like I had to do today, for our oven) during my workday too. I can duck out for an hour for physical therapy or the dentist because we have a flexible work schedule. There is huge benefit to working from home WITH the flexibility that we have (not every employer is as flexible with their remote workers). That's probably where a lot of my "healthy balance" comes from.