When I was single the weekends seemed quite long. I would sleep half of the Saturday, watch some TV shows, clean a bit and sometimes visit some friends. And Sunday evening I would play bass in my metal band. Nice and easy.

But now that I have a family and small children there is never time to do anything. The kids always need something, food, diper, entertainment, make them sleep, clean up. Wash the dishes, wash the clothes etc. Once we're done with them it's 9pm, we try to watch a movie and my partner falls asleep of exhaustion within 20 minutes. I try do watch it to the end so I can tell her the summary in the morning.

It's totally regarding to have kids but I wish the weekend was one day longer.

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[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 2 points 3 months ago

I work a highly variable schedule that usually sits around either 3-4 days on and 3-4 days off. 3 days off is okay but a little too short to really relax. 4 days is perfect. Anything over 7 days off and I start getting bored of not working.