Hey, I am after any tips you may have to help inject some me time in around my 9-5. For context, i am a mum of 2 primary school aged kids and I work 37.5 hours and am solely office based.
Last year I was in a 35 hour week flexi, remote position and worked a condensed 9 day fortnight until my redundancy which is why I think I find my current set up exhausting. Below is my typical day mon-fri, any suggestions on how to carve some time for me would be appreciated
5:45 get up and do 15 minute YouTube strength training
6:15 30 minute dog walk
6:45 feed dog, make coffee, pack up kids bags and get kids breakfast
7:15 drink coffee and get myself ready
8:10 leave house (husband does school run)
9 start work
lunch time: 30 minute walk around business park
6 get home, make dinner, eat dinner
7 tidy kitchen, make packed lunches and sort stuff for following day (husband does bedtime)
8-9 this is “my” time where I try and read but usually fall asleep
I do try and get one run in at least one night and one night I ferry the kids swimming and one night I do housework
weekends are better, I do park run and spend time with my family etc but Monday to Friday is a bit work, eat, sleep, repeat. After I’ve been in my role 18 months I plan to look for something more remote/flexible but in the meantime, any words of wisdom?