How to Work 10-12 Hours a Day and Still Be a Good Dad

My exact day today:

6am - Wake up
6:30 - Start working in the home office
7 - Hang out, make eggs & say bye to kids. They head to school
7:15 - Back to the office
8 - Write newsletter. Answer emails. Prep for my live call in show. Couple calls.
11:30 - Confirm call in appointments
12 - Call goes great. No hiccups.
1 - Check - in with one of our CEOs
1:30 - Fix google ads then Zoom with an investor
2:00 - Investor Zoom
2:30 - Rush to the school just in time to see my kid win a trustworthiness award. He sees me and smiles. I smile. I go back home. Just in time!
3:00 - Investor Zoom
3:30 - Investor Zoom
4:00 - Emails and say hi to 9 year old. Everyone else gone.
5:00 - This tweet
5:15 - Gameplan the evening with my wife over the phone
5:30 - Kids are all at activities. More emails
6:15 - 13 year old’s spring fling
6:30 - get 9 year old from football practice
6:45 - Get 11 year old from the movie
7:30 - Friends 50th bday party

Hopefully home by 10.

Netflix with the wife. Call it a day. 40 miles on the bike in the morning.

Tomorrow and Sunday will be very little work. More sports, church and activities.

Sunday I might even take a nap! And play lots pickleball with my boys.

Monday will be 12+ hours

There’s always time.

My kids need to see me, and my kids also need to see me work. Even if “work” is just typing into a laptop.

It’s much harder when kids aren’t in school or activities. I feel for yall young(er) parents.

My next challenge is to make time to go on early morning runs…My workouts are suffering.