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I feel like a broken record whinging about time management struggles, but that's always where I have the hardest time! I get sidetracked and distracted easily. I feel like I should have more time than I do, and yet...
Among the things I've whinged about before - feeling torn between "I don't want to schedule my every bit of free time and play into the idea of 'hustle culture' and endless productivity-as-value (even when that extra productivity is something like writing fic)" and "I also don't want to only ever spend time at work, and never actually do the things I enjoy, like writing".

And I've even *been* writing and stuff, and have been happy enough with it, so it's not like I'm lamenting the fact that I don't do so or anything. I think it's, again, looking at a fairly endless list of creative projects I'd *like* to do, but realizing I'll never manage to do them all... and being somewhere between absolutely fine with that, and frustrated.

Kind of same old, same old.

I should do another media roundup thing, but yet again, it's a thing I forget until inopportune times!

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You are very productive with writing. You can't do everything, but you do a lot! And you seem to be doing the things you really want to do. That's pretty awesome.

Thank you! I really appreciate it. It's sometimes really hard to think about how I CAN'T do everything, and so it does come down to choosing which thing takes priority.

I feel you on the time management! I haven't scheduled in writing time for a while and it's impossible for me to just spontaneously pick up the pen, you know?

I hate how limited my time feels! In theory I should have 8 hours a day of free time, if I work for 8 and sleep for 8, but by the time I factor in all the other bits of life (even with Alex doing our cooking and the bulk of our shopping and things), I feel like I've only got a few hours each day to portion out.
And I hate that I want to do "more" of a lot of things - more reading, more writing, more physical activity, more online community participation... yet there's just nowhere to take the time from to do more of all those things!

And yes, absolutely with you on that - it's really hard for me to spontaneously decide to do things like write, if I hadn't already planned on it. Sometimes I can, but usually it works best for me to do it at a set time.

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I run into similar issues constantly. I don't manage my home time in a way that lets me do the things I want to do, or maybe I just still don't have enough home time. And yet if I try to structure my time to do the things I'm missing, I drive myself up the wall because my brain needs routine but would rather die than follow a schedule. haha. I hope you can find a good equilibrium.

Ain't that the damn truth! Very much same - my brain (and ability to get things done) thrives on and requires a routine... but I resent schedules and loathe the idea of having to do everything on a specific timeline. I feel like some of it legitimately IS just not feeling like I've got enough time in general, though I'm sure there are areas in which I could utilize the time I do have better. But that loops back to the "the very idea of scheduling my life down to the minute sounds hellish and I'm morally opposed to such things" lol.