Recently I decided to map out my week and have a table for time vs percentage and another of ideal; my ideal schedule I still haven’t really come up with, but documenting what a “normal” week looks like was hard enough in its own right. Looking at my schedule over the last couple of years this is what a normal week tends to look like apparently.
| Activity – By Week | Hours | Percentage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 168 | 100% | This is how many hours a week possible |
| Music Practice | 9 | 5 | Three 3 hours rehearsals |
| Work Commute | 12 | 7 | 2 Hours Train, 30 Minutes Redline, 30 Minutes Walking & Bus- 3 Hours/Day; I always try to work from home one day a week. |
| Work | 40 | 24 | Really this goes over a lot… |
| Comics | 7 | 4 | Between reading and picking up it’s about an hour a day |
| Sleep | 42 | 25 | Really this is a minimum, but it tends to be pretty true |
| Television | 5 | 3 | For shows I watch and various things my wife would like me to watch |
| Gaming | 7 | 4 | I really only end up averaging an hour a day at this point; this needs to improve dramatically |
| Church Activities | 3 | 2 | This is the other things I would like to bump up a lot |
| Personal Projects | 10 | 6 | From coding to everything else |
| Time with my Wife | 25 | 15 | I note this not as an obligation, but a privilege that I get to have at least this much time with my wife a week; typically it’s more, too! |
| Workouts | 8 | 5 | It’s about an hour each day with some spillage |
That’s 100% of my week. I didn’t think I actually had it planned out that much, but I really do. Thankfully for me, there’s a lot of these things that I can do at the same time; like commuting and personal projects! I wrote this on one such commute. I did not include eating as I tend to pair it one of the other items above. Sadly, due to both our schedules, my dedicated time to enjoy my wife’s company gets cut tragically short all too often. Additionally this doesn’t even include various transportation timing that eats in to activities. Realizing that work plus sleep is half my week gone out the window was not an inspiring thought…
This has been a very interesting excursive for me; really having to think about the things I do/don’t do in a week and what my real priorities are. It’s also inspired me to make “Time Commitments” an on-going look at how I spend my time and how I think about my time.
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