Does anyone have a really long day?

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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?

I sometimes get "a day in my life as a London city worker" come up on my tiktok. Up early for the commute. Don't leave the office until 6-ish, go home and continue working until 11pm, then have dinner and go to bed.
Honestly? May that life never find me. They all talk about the great wages, but when you break it into an hourly wage, it's not that much.
I used to do 12+ hour days when I was a full time classroom teacher, but I got to 35 and was broken.

But the way I see it, some people are very career driven, and some people aren't. I'm not. For me, work is how I pay the bills, that's all. These days, I put in exactly what I need to in order to keep my job, but not an inch more.

When I lived that life it was because I genuinely loved my job. It’s what I wanted to be doing. It wasn’t even about the money (although I earned a lot!).
I’m far more exhausted now, caring for a disabled child and working in a job that pays around 1/8 of what I was earning before. I thought I’d slow down when I had kids, but life has a habit of biting you on the arse!

I do it one day a week and find it hard. Up at 6 and out at 6.30 to cycle to the station. On the train at 7 and into work for 8.30. I leave at 5 and usually home about 7.15. I couldn't do it every day.

The other days I'm up at 7.20, get myself and DC ready, work 9-5 with a short lunch break to run some errands or maybe fit in a walk or a bit of exercise. Then after school is dinner, clubs, helping kids with reading/homework/piano practice etc. I'm done about 9.30 but then stay up too late as I'm a night owl.

I used to be like this but not any more! Now I need to be on the sofa with my feet up (having had dinner and tidied away) by 8pm latest.

I had to completely change my mindset though as I was driving myself to exhaustion by being on the go constantly.

Usually up and out of the door by 7.30am every morning.