Non-working day routine?

[whatsitdoodah]

Hi,

I have 2 primary age dc and am reluctantly upping my working days from 3 days a week to 4. I'm interested in hearing about others experiences and advice regarding increasing from 3-4 working days.

I'm looking to squeeze as much admin / cooking / shopping / cleaning stuff into my day out of office as possible and am also hoping to get to the gym to try and keep evenings and weekends relatively chore free.

I'm curious to hear how other manage their time on their day off - what is your routine for your day out of office? Can you tackle most of your housework and admin, do the school run and still find time to get to the gym?

In a word, no! Something usually gets missed and it's usually the gym in my case! I do sometimes carry housework over to Saturday or get ahead and do the kitchen on a Thursday night but if I try and do everything on a Friday I do struggle. It definitely helps take the pressure off though! If finances allowed, I'd definitely work three days. One day for the boring stuff, one say for me!