[kbutler]

Compared to what? "Dad goes to work at an office 9-5, then has a commute to come home, then focuses on his own hobbies"?

Frankly, this sounds like a lot of focused family time:

""" At 5:00 I stop, and 5:00 until 10:00 is family time for me. And that is walled off. I don’t work on books, even in the back of my brain. It’s got to be a really steep wall for me to make sure I am there for them. And I have to mentally say, “You are there for them.” When your kids ask you to do something, that’s the time you say, “Yes, I’m going to go do that.” """

[phreack]

I literally have never met anyone who spent that much time daily with their family while also having an intense job. Taken at face value it's nothing short of marvelous.

[ryantgtg]

No, the context is WFH covid times. This sounds like my dad sleeping in until noon while I ran around the house, had brekkie, etc, and after waking up he locked his door and didn’t come out until 5pm.

But sure yeah, that’s some good focused time at the end there.

I regret making my original comment.