Her mother-in-law watched the girls several days during the week, generally taking them around 8 or so, and then bringing them to her house or school. She got home from the gym around 6:15 a.m. This started with spinning her wheels in the morning. ![]() She was also working reasonable amounts on rather complex sounding problems, but her work time itself was quite fragmented. She listened to audiobooks while walking the dog.Ĭlearly she thought a lot about how to spend her time. ![]() every weekday morning to hit the gym for such lovely sounding workouts as “10 4-minute heavy weight stations” and “2 23-minute obstacle course stations.” She volunteered extensively with her church. She was a committed morning exerciser, rising at 4:30 a.m. It does sound a little ridiculous, especially given how much good stuff showed up on her time log. She agreed to try tracking her time for a week, though “honestly, I am scared to track my time, to see the numbers face to face,” she wrote. “Now that I have had my last baby I would love to ramp up my career path, but executing that is difficult and I am constantly wearing multiple hats.” She could often work from home, and had a lot of control over her time, “so much so that I am afraid I let my ‘home from work’ slip more than I would like,” she noted. “I have worked at the same company doing drug research for 10 years and my hours are incredibly flexible,” she wrote. Racheal is a pharmacokinetic scientist with three girls, ages 6, 4, and 2. That was the question facing Racheal Kendrick, who volunteered for my “ Tranquility by Tuesday” time makeover project. ![]() Sometimes people want to put their feet back on the gas. Then, as the kids start getting older, time can start opening up. During the little kid years, it’s easy to feel like we’re just hanging on at work.
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