If you're employed you need to shift as much learning as possible to the work-time. I recommend baking in the learning-time into estimations for tasks. (If the topic is work-related)
For non-employment-related learning and side-projects, I'd do stuff I can easily put aside and pick up again. Nothing I have to stare at for 15 minutes, to know where I stopped last time. I like video-courses with ~10-min-lessons for this.
I wouldn't fill up all of my off-time, though. Enough sleep and occasional boredom are far more important. Especially with family.
I wondered about the same some time ago, and while I complained about too little free time, I also somehow managed to finish Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War. So there was time, it was just the priority that was off.
Family time is table stakes :) That should be a given. Any time besides family time, work, and responsibilities is the challenge. Your last point about priorities is crucial in making time for the learning and growing as a parent. Questioons like, what is the most important thing I need to spend my time on? or Will I be happy tomorrow with what I choose to spend my time on today? help to gain focus so that the precious time isn't wasted.
Thanks for sharing. :)
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If you're employed you need to shift as much learning as possible to the work-time. I recommend baking in the learning-time into estimations for tasks. (If the topic is work-related)
For non-employment-related learning and side-projects, I'd do stuff I can easily put aside and pick up again. Nothing I have to stare at for 15 minutes, to know where I stopped last time. I like video-courses with ~10-min-lessons for this.
I wouldn't fill up all of my off-time, though. Enough sleep and occasional boredom are far more important. Especially with family.
I wondered about the same some time ago, and while I complained about too little free time, I also somehow managed to finish Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War. So there was time, it was just the priority that was off.
Family time is table stakes :) That should be a given. Any time besides family time, work, and responsibilities is the challenge. Your last point about priorities is crucial in making time for the learning and growing as a parent. Questioons like, what is the most important thing I need to spend my time on? or Will I be happy tomorrow with what I choose to spend my time on today? help to gain focus so that the precious time isn't wasted.
Thanks for sharing. :)