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> There's a hack for this which I find works, just go to sleep at 8pm or 8:30pm instead right after the kids.

Yes!

I'm not consistent at remembering to do that, but fairly often I'll crash super early as soon as the kids are in bed. I get up at 6:00am specifically to give me an hour or so of me/project time in the morning. I could probably get up a little earlier, but it's hard.

The downside is that it means sacrificing evening time with my wife, which is also critical. And I try to exercise twice a week, usually in the evenings. And I work on my book every day, so if I didn't get any writing done in the morning, I have to stay up after the kids are in bed to do that.