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Does anyone have a really long day?

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Floursacktabletop · 06/10/2025 21:29

I know this is all silly, and not likely to be true, but on tiktok there are lots of videos showing people's daily routine. They often start at 6am when they go off to work, and then after work, gym and they eventually get home at 8/9pm when they eat dinner.
I'd be a basket case if I did this. I did once have a life similar to this when I lived in a city but I'd do 2 nights like this, and I'd need a night at home before doing another two.
To be clear, I know Tiktok is all bollocks, but I find people's day to day routines really interesting, so do any of you have this type of really long day and hardly any time at home?

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LadyGreyjoy · 06/10/2025 21:34

I do. I get up at 6, go and muck the horses out before work, work 9-7, get home, eat dinner then bath and bed with toddler at 8, sit down for an hour to watch TV at 9 then go to bed. I work condensed hours which makes my days longer but means I only have to work four days a week so I get three days with my daughter.

RainbowZebraWarrior · 06/10/2025 21:33

I used to start work at 7am and finish at 8/9pm in my 20s when I was ambitious and high flying. This continued into my 30s in a different career and before I had my DD. I'm now 54 and totally fucked.

But yes, TikTok is bollocks and possibly best not held up as something to aspire to.

Mrsoftandhisstrangeworld · 06/10/2025 21:32

I do but it's because I work full time and have DC so I tend to do work 5-7am, school run, work 9-3, school run, dinners, clubs, baths, bed, work 8-11.

LivingTheLife1 · 06/10/2025 21:30

I have done this in my 20s and 30s, maybe part of 40s, but not anymore. I don't have that kind of energy now.

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