When i was working before kids, i was awake at 7 to be ass in chair in the office at 8.
With 2 kids, their breakfast, school/daycare drop offs, and getting myself ready, im up at 545 to hopefully make it there before 9. Assuming one of my kids doesnt have a complete melt down because the clothes they picked out were “definitely purple” and not blue like they are today
No kids: I could wake up at 8:30 and be in the office by 9, but generally preferred to wake up at 8 and have time to slowly get going.
1 kid: I could wake up at 7:45 and get the toddler dropped off at daycare by 8:45, then be in the office by 9. It would usually be a harried morning, not at all relaxing.
2 kids: I wake up at 7 and try to get a few things ready for the slog of getting the kids to eat their breakfast, brush their teeth, get their clothes on, and on their way to a daycare and an elementary school. I roll into work at 9:30, and I take like 30 minutes to make coffee and get ready for the day. I’m now senior enough in my office that I can refuse routine meetings/calls before 10am, and nobody cares what time I come in or leave.
Note that I live within a 10-minute bike ride to my office. Most parents I know chose to move further from work so that they’d have more space for kids and maybe better schools, so many people have added even more time to their commutes for their kids. I consider myself lucky and privileged to be able to not have to wake up before 7, and still be able to pick up and drop off my kids.
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When i was working before kids, i was awake at 7 to be ass in chair in the office at 8.
With 2 kids, their breakfast, school/daycare drop offs, and getting myself ready, im up at 545 to hopefully make it there before 9. Assuming one of my kids doesnt have a complete melt down because the clothes they picked out were “definitely purple” and not blue like they are today
No kids: I could wake up at 8:30 and be in the office by 9, but generally preferred to wake up at 8 and have time to slowly get going.
1 kid: I could wake up at 7:45 and get the toddler dropped off at daycare by 8:45, then be in the office by 9. It would usually be a harried morning, not at all relaxing.
2 kids: I wake up at 7 and try to get a few things ready for the slog of getting the kids to eat their breakfast, brush their teeth, get their clothes on, and on their way to a daycare and an elementary school. I roll into work at 9:30, and I take like 30 minutes to make coffee and get ready for the day. I’m now senior enough in my office that I can refuse routine meetings/calls before 10am, and nobody cares what time I come in or leave.
Note that I live within a 10-minute bike ride to my office. Most parents I know chose to move further from work so that they’d have more space for kids and maybe better schools, so many people have added even more time to their commutes for their kids. I consider myself lucky and privileged to be able to not have to wake up before 7, and still be able to pick up and drop off my kids.