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Reach for an Octagon of Time
A survival guide for new parents (and anyone else)
You know who writes a lot about productivity? 20-somethings. Think they have everything figured out. Maybe they do — for now. Just wait until they get married and have kids. Even just one kid…
Old routines unravel when you start a family. You have to come up with new ones. Flexible ones. But you also have to rethink everything you thought you knew about productivity.
For starters, it’s not about how much stuff you get done.
It’s about impact. And fit.
You have to figure out what activities go where in your day. Imagine your time as one of these baby puzzles:
Some stuff has to happen at a specific time. Always will. Not everyone aspires to live like a solo entrepreneur, with complete control over their schedules. We have jobs. Daycare pickups. Feeding times.
It’s nice to fantasize that we can decide exactly what to do when. But many of us can’t. Pretending that we’re going to quit our jobs and start a business? Be our own boss? Not everyone can do that, or even wants to.
