What does an “average” work day look like for you?

[Youngandfree]

Just for fun, in AIBU for traffic;what does an average go like for you?
Mine goes something like;
6.50 get up get dressed and ready for work.(clothes set out previous night)
7.10 wake up DC and get breakfast/finish my make up.
7.30 get and help DC dressed, teeth brushed, hair brushed etc.
7.50/8.00 finish lunches if necessary/put all necessary bags and lunches in the car, and sort out washing machine on a timer.
8.10/8.15(latest) leave house
8.20/8.25 drop DC to school/Montessori
8.25 go to work
9.00-2.40 work (I’m a teacher so these are my contact/school hours)
2.40-3.00/3.10 sort out some planning/photocopying etc
3.00/3.10 leave work
3.30/3.40 collect DC
3.50/4.00 home
4.00-5.30/6.00 this is our free time so it varies depending on day or weather , take DD to swim lesson/gymnastics/etc or light the fire and stay home or go to the park/visit friend/family for an hour. And also make dinner
5.30/6.00 dinner time
6.00-6.30 DC play for half hour
6.30 bath/get ready for bed. Listen to DD read.
7.00-7.15 bedtime
7.15....get all bags and lunches (most of) ready for the next day, set out clothes and uniforms for the next day.

My DH Works away for weeks at a time so this is a day when he is away.

up at around 7.30, make lunch , get toddler up and dressed for nursery. Leave house 8.30, nursery drop off then work. I work part time 3 days a week mon -wed, 2 days a week my husband does nursery pick up as I am on call, so not home till late then in and out over night depending what is happening. One night I do nursery pick up at about 6.30pm , then home quick dinner, bath, tidy up washing etc. Toddler of to bed then I my go too or stay up till about 10.30 depending how much sleep I had night before. 2 days a week thurs-fri , toddler has playgroup , I sometimes do a few hours at work 9-11.30 those days. I am a vet in mixed rural practice.

615 get up, shower
630 Open kids curtains, get dressed, dry hair etc.. whilst they wake up
645 drag kids out of bed... Downstairs for breakfast
700 Kids get dressed, brush teeth whilst I make packed lunches
730 Leave the house, drop Ds1 to his friends, Ds2 to breakfast club
800-500 Work (dh gets home 330 sorts kids pickups and tea)

I think the biggest surprise for me reading this is how early most people's start to their morning is. At the moment our day is;

7.15-7.30 get up, get ready for work (shower, makeup, clothes)
7.45-7.50 wake up DS (18 months) and get him dressed, usually this is 3-4 days/week and my partner has him at home 1-2 days (shifts)
8am leave
9am nursery drop off
9.30 am arrive at work
Work until about 6pm if doing nursery pickup, usually I take advantage of the days I don't have to to work until between 9 and 10pm
6.30 nursery pickup
7.30 get home (nursery is near work, 25 mile drive home)
7.30-8.30 do dinner for DS, cook dinner for us, get DS bathed and in PJs
8.30 DS goes to bed, one of us still has to stay with him to settle him for between 10 and 30 mins until he is asleep
Rest of the evening - catch up on housework (washing up, washing, hoovering, everything else waits for days off), log in to finish work for usually an hour or so a night, spend time with DP
11pm bedtime

I'm not a teacher but kudos to all of your who are working 2-3 hours a night to get their stuff done, I struggle to even fit in the extra hour

I guess once DS goes to school it will all have to change as he will need to go to a childminder close to home and I'll need to leave earlier to pick him up, but that feels like quite far in the future!

IS Business Analyst (says 35hr week on my contract)

Get up 5:25, leave house at 6:10 while everyone is still in bed to meet my car share. Early start /finish is by choice as avoiding peak times takes at least an hour off my daily commute and also suits talking to Asia timezone.

Get into work for 6:45 power up laptop
Juggle multiple project requirements, back to back meetings and calls, firefight/manage any critical IS issues that come up that the off shore support partners can't deal with 🙄 all day.

Breaks in reality consist of 5 mins to go downstairs and grab some porridge, 5 mins to go downstairs and grab something for lunch to eat a desk (both regularly get missed due to back to back meetings /calls) and trips to the loo or water cooler.

Leave office at 15:45 for carshare wondering where the day has gone. Friday I can WFH and it should be a 1/2 day but don't always finish at noon.

Home around 16:25, and most days ds(14) will be in doing his homework, will catch up with him on his school day and homework/revision see if he needs any support. Dh or I will get dinner on which we all eat together at table.

Evening is spent taking ds to activities, or me visiting/helping my elderly mum, or relaxing. Probably sign onto laptop outside work for an additional 5-6 hours a week when ds is out or on games console, and occasionally (once/twice every 2-3 months) work long weekends on top of this if project is going live or if there are critical issues with weekend processes. Bedtime routine starts around 9pm (bags ready for next day, chat, wind down) when ds comes in or comes off his game console and ds and I are in our beds for 10 or 10:30 latest.

Probably average 50hrs work each week (not including weekends).

6-7am - up to feed dog/cat, have coffee and check news
7:15am - Make breakfast for dd and wake her
7:30 - wash/dress/hair both of us
8:10 out for school run
9:10 back from school run - turn on dishwasher/washing on/hoover/call friend on maternity leave
11:00 dog walk
12:00 home for lunch
12:30 mop/clear surfaces/bleach loos/clean bath and showers/check what is for dinner/put tumble dryer on from morning wash/general stuff like changing lightbulbs/dusting/garden/fixing broken things
2:30 out for school pick up
3:30 home - dd watches TV for an hour while I go through her bag/check news/emails
4:30 put on dinner and take dog for shorter walk with dd's bike/scooter/rollerskates
5:00/5:30 eat dinner and feed dog/cat/put dishes into dishwasher
6:00 homework/reading with dd and a bath or playing
7:00 dd into PJ's and bed, read to her for at least half an hour
8:00 hopefully dd asleep, let dog out for another wee before bed
8:15 into bed to read/check emails/watch something on laptop
9:30/10:30 sleep. Or more likely decide to worry about Brexit

Every other day I work from home, so where I hoover/mop I'd check spreadsheets and make a few calls/emails. It's enough to keep us afloat but earnings aren't massive (time spent working isn't so it's fair!) so not many luxuries at the moment. Luckily I own my home so as a single parent I've decided to focus on DD rather than tear my hair out working and rushing about like I did when at Uni for last 3 years. It's much calmer but I always feel busy!

Careers Advisor in a school 4 days per week
2 Dc, Dd away at uni and Ds year 11

Alarm 6.40
Make tea( Dh makes it if at home)read news online, shower. Take breakfast to eat at work later
Ds gets himself up( I take him a cup of tea) lunches prepped night before
8 am leave for work 45 min commute, son gets school bus
5.45am Get home, prepare dinner etc
Evenings can include taking son to activities depending if Dh home or other mums sharing
Bed 10pm

If Dh away with work Ds generally walks the dogs am and pm but often I do or Dd if she's home from uni
This is all so much easier than previous years as used to do shared before and after school care with another mum who worked part time and also used to have to drive Dd to sixth form as no public transport. Dc very self sufficient, they have to help around the house,etc
We all work together. Everyone is happy to cook, put a wash on etc.

Up at 5am, at work by 6am. Work through to 4pm. Then back at work 6-8pm to check emails etc. 6 days a week.

5am get up
5-6 walk dogs
6 shower
6.15 coffee
6.30 leave for work
7.10 arrive at work (if I leave any later I'm late for work)
7.15 second coffee
7.30 get changed for work
7.30-8. Chat to colleagues see what theatre I'm in
8- start checking theatre equipment and do who safety briefing.
8-6 various operations
6pm get changed to go home
7pm arrive home and start cooking tea
7-10 chill out- maybe the gym maybe binge greys anatomy and then go to bed at 10

6.15am - get up, DD will usually already be awake and playing in her room. First thing is coffee.
6.30 - 7.25am - Breakfast, getting washed and dressed, some basic housework like wahsing up, getting a load of washing done and out on the line or in the tumble dryer ready to be turned on after work.
7.25am - Getting DD washed, dressed, teeth brushed
7:45am - DD to breakfast club
8.25am - Get to work. No time for lunch, may grab a coke from the newsagents next door at some point, or beg someone to go for me.
5.00pm - Leave work, usually have a conference call or 2 using bluetooth in my car, lots of my colleagues are in the US which is just getting started so often have calls till around 7pm which i do while I'm driving home. and while cooking dinner etc.

DH will pick DD up from after school club and bring her home.

6.30pm either me or DH get DD to bed, she'll be asleep by 7pm
7pm-9pm - Dinner, tidying up, Washing dried in tumble drier then needs folding and sorting, finish up any notes from the work calls.
9pm-10pm - my 1 hour of quiet sitting down before bed

I like the poster who manages to exercise, shower and dress between 6 and 6.15am. that's my kind of exercise:-)

9.30/10am: Get up.
10-1: Mooch around, read, paint, Internet type things
1-2.30: exercise with personal trainer
3pm: Arrive at work. Do half an hour of ironing if there's any to do whilst waiting for charge to get back from school.
3.30pm: Escort charge to after school activity.
3.30-5/5.30pm: Wait at nearby coffee shop with book.
5/5.30pm: Escort home charge from activity (or sometimes go to next activity)
6pm: supervise homework set by school.
6.30pm: supervise free play
7.30pm: Eat dinner with charge (food prepared by other staff so no time spent on prep for me)
8.15pm: Read book to charge
8.45pm: Make sure shoes are scrubbed for next day, set up the bedroom for sleep (turn down bed, close window and curtains etc)
9pm: Cycle back to my apartment. Shower. Read. Watch film. Do admin for my business.
1am: Go to bed

Though this is a very different story when the family I work for travel during school holidays.

6am get up but can be 5am depending on where I'm commuting to
6am shower
6.30 am get in car to station and grab a drive thru coffee on the way
6.50 - 8.15 Train & tube and clear emails on the way
8.30 arrive at work & have second coffee
8.30 - 5.30 ish client meetings, internal meetings, problem solve immediate issues
5.30 - 7.15pm commute home but sometimes leave office earlier, checking emails & having Skype meetings on the way
7.15pm arrive home and have dinner cooked by DH (he works from home)
7pm - 9.30pm chill out-watch shite tv or talk to the DC about their day (both older teenagers) then go to bed soon after 9.30pm

Carer here.

7.00 up, dressed, mam comes round for dd.

7.30 bus to work

8.00 start work

12 hours later...

20.00 finish work

21.00 return home, say goodnight to dd.

Oooh I’m loving these responses! I’ll have to sit with a cuppa later and read them!!

This is why there is no teacher shortage in Ireland- quite the opposite in fact. We've got it so very wrong here.

7.00- wake and have a shower and breakfast, get ready etc
8- walk to work
8.30-17.00- work. 20 min break and an hour for lunch 💃🏼
17.00- walk home
Then do whatever I want!

If it’s possible to carry out a teacher’s role by working 9-3, why is it so vastly different at other schools?

Also, I may be a bit naive here but if the syllabus doesn’t change dramatically year to year, why is there a need for so much lesson prep? Can it not just be a reprint of last year’s?

I'm a full time academic with 3 kids aged 6, 9, 10. DH is a full time GP and practice owner (i.e. he has the more demanding job).

7.30am - up, breakfast, school prep, 'encouragement' to practice instruments and tidy up bedrooms, I do work emails
8.30am - walk DC to school
9am - train to work
9.30am - walk from station to office
9.45am to 5pm - work; lunch typically eaten at desk or on the run
5.25pm - train home
5.55pm - collect DC from after school club (they have tea there)
6pm - take DC to after-school activities (running, Brownies)
7.30pm - DC in bed, I start work again
8.15pm - I consider what I can be bothered to cook for dinner.
9.30/10pm - DH arrives home and we eat, I am typically working whilst eating
10.45pm - I stop work and read in bed.

I have also spent 10 hours this weekend working. I'm contracted 40 hours, average is 65 hours per week at non-busy times and 90+ during exam or other marking periods. I do still love my job and my life though ... but writing all of that down has made me realise how tired I am.

Also, I may be a bit naive here but if the syllabus doesn’t change dramatically year to year, why is there a need for so much lesson prep? Can it not just be a reprint of last year’s?

You don't teach the same classes each year. Different classes require different approaches and resources. Resources become old pretty quickly. Some lessons don't go as well as others and need re-thinking. Some classes have kids with specific special needs who need differentiated resources. Some people may be teaching several subjects, some of which may change topics every year. There's a lot of variety. For example I teach 3 languages to a range of students from 3 years old to 76 years old.

I see, that makes sense. Thank you for explaining.

syllabus doesn’t change dramatically year to year

plus some bugger isists on changing tthings all tthe bloody time!

In a class it's possible to have children working at 4 or 5 different levels and all that needs planning for and resources getting ready. I do think that primary is more work in some ways as you have to prepare 4 lessons a day whereas secondary subject specialists only have one to prepare. They have to work with teenagers though - DBro and I both teach, him secondary and me primary and we both think the other has it easier

@Wordle one of the big differences here in Ireland is that there are very little changes to the curriculum and not very often. It’s quite a solid curriculum. We have learning support teachers who remove children who are struggling in maths and English so they get smaller group lessons. Often they can pre teach a topic or re teach a topic to help them and always go over basics with them too. So technically the class teacher doesn’t have to differentiate for them. We also differentiate by outcome (how many questions a child completes) usually the page in the workbooks start of easy and get harder as such. I will usually set the class off and go around to each child that may need extra input.

One keyatatime I do ;
1 min plank
1 min side plank x2
1 minute hundred
A collegue introduced me to it, she calls it the 5 minute ab workout.
I think it works