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2200 - 0500 sleep
0530 - 0630 commute
0630 - 1700 work
1700 - 1800 commute
1800 - 1900 chores
1900 - 2000 make and eat the food
2000 - 2100 bathe
2100 - 2200 get in bed
2200 - 0500 sleep, repeat
where relationship tyme?
Damn, those are long hours. How many free days do you have in a week?
Damn your schedule and mine are almost same.
I'm not saying this doesn't suck, but
"commute", if public transport, is 2 hours to be on dating apps (or to say hi to people if you're so bold), "bathe" is 1 hour, "get in bed" is probably 30 mins. So 3:30h daily in your specific example to possibly be on dating apps.
But apart from that... I live alone, and daily chores are 0-5min. Making and eating food is 20min. 1h Bathing you don't need every day, 10min shower is fine. How can you take 1h to go to bed, takes 5 mins for me. That would theoretically free 3:20h for relationships, which is fine each day.
I can only speak for the bedtime, but for some of us, it sucks. My partner can fall alseep within a few minutes. For me it can take anywhere from 10 minutes to a couple of hours, even if I'm absolutely exhausted. So one hour doesn't sound wild.
I'm not disagreeing there. I would have ranked that under the "sleeping" point, I thought "going to bed" was other rituals people do, undressing, removing makeup, brushing teeth, reading part of a good book, etc.
Euagh
I mean that's what this post is about right? There are ways to connect with people, however it's "euagh" to do them. Completely understandable.
Why does it take 2 whole hours to eat and get in bed?
It takes way more than an hour if you are actually cooking your own food. Cook, eat, cleanup. 1.5 hours minimum, often more.
Meal prep is a thing, getting take out saves a lot of time especially if you are looking for wiggle room in your schedule to go out and be social.
Seems like there are a lot of simple obvious solutions to the issue here.
I'm married and 41, I'm just pointing out the real time needed. If you are actually trying to be healthy, and not just shoveling extra sugar and saturated/trans fats down your throat, then often the best choice is to cook your own food. Restaurants almost all prioritize taste, cost, and efficiency over health. Our society makes it difficult to stay healthy. So doing things while also staying, healthy is time consuming.
Edit: Also getting takeout still takes time, order, wait, pickup, eat, cleanup, you're still down at least an hour unless you get fast food.
Bros complaining about having no time. I'm just suggesting ways to claw a little back
Depends on what you're making. I can make a nice Ham and mushroom pasta in like 20 minutes, cleanup included
Maybe don't work 10.5 hour days? And don't take a bath for an hour every night. Also, no way you've got chores for AN HOUR every night