When do Lmao's fit into your day?

[Katiekat]

Hey all ~

I'm curious about how you all spend your time, and how lmaos fit into your day. I work 40 hours a week, have family friends, and try to save a little time for myself, so sometimes I feel like I don't have any time to sit down and work on my lmaos. Right now, I'm swamped...and trying very hard to get stuff done. How do you guys and gals find lmao time in your schedule?

[dogbytes]

i dont work, im a "stay at home dog mom" ~ i don't spend my whole day on lmao's.. actually, i don't know what i do all day... well, lately, it's been packing to move away ~ and all the stuff associated with buying/selling a house.

[BreezyK]

I work 40 hours a week, and take classes some evenings. Then another large percentage of my free time is spent not neglecting my SO and friends, so it leaves me not much time in between. Luckily, at my work, I have what's called a "Flexible Work Schedule," which means that I work a longer day every day in exchange for getting every other Friday off. These Fridays are my "me time" and often the best chance I get to work on projects. Unfortunately, often times I use up my whole Friday by either doing household chores or just not having the energy or motivation to do anything. Anyway, it's mostly every other Friday or some time during the weekend that I get a chance to work on nervous projects.

[BreezyK]

Hey! My vote tallied wrong! I most definitely clicked on the 40 hour option, but the statistics are showing up as 100% don't work or go to school. Oh well.

[sistasmell]

I own my own business and work from home, so I can do LMAOs pretty much whenever I want. That is, when the phone isn't ringing off the hook and the dog isn't flipping out, and the house isn't a wreck or invoices don't need to go out the next day.
I usually only sign up for collection LMAOs when I know I want something fun to do that day and have time to do it. I hate unfinished business hanging over my head.
When something good comes in the mail, I drop everything to do it. I can't help myself.
Nights and weekends are for the man and friends. And massive trips to the P.O.

i work 50 hours a week (yikes! 6 days) luckily my regular full time job leaves me free to play with the computer for 6 hours or so!!! usually, i cram and sometimes i get an odd burst of creativity at the most inopportune times...like 5 minutes before i need to leave for work or on my way to the kitchen for a glass of water! i work all over my living room floor and my house is a mess necause of it...aaack! i can't keep track, but somehow i do!

[paperdream]

I work a ridiculous amount of hours, but do need to cut down to just 37 a week. I'm hoping to be able to work a little more than that, and take odd days off.

It's so hard though! I get all excited about the wonderful things I could do if I cut down on the time I spend at work, but then decide I can't leave until I've finished whatever project I'm working on at the time. The security woman must hate me because she has to wait for me to leave before she can lock up and go home!

I don't quite manage to put aside enough time for nervousness, and end up feeling really guilty for not sending things out super-quick. Thing is, after working all day I just feel like coming home and doing nothing! I don't think I've flaked too badly on anything though.

And I haven't forgotten your exchange parachute72! I promise!

~Erica

[pixelady]

Let's see: (pixelady's far too detailed list)

Work - 40 hours (45 if you count the commute)
School - 10 hours
Study and Practice time - 5 hours
Sleep - 56 hours
Exercise - 3 hours
Meditation - 4 hours
Freelance work - 5-15 hours
Getting ready for stuff/eating time - 14 hours

Grand total: 152 hours

Time left goes to: husband, friends, LMAOs/Exchanges (though I admit I spend a lot of time doing those while we watch movies and stuff on the couch), family, laundry, grocery shopping, sleeping in on Saturdays, etc.

[Helquin]

Even though I work out of my home, I still have to make time for LMAOs & exchanges. Throughout the day I can poke my head in the Forums to nose around for a bit while I'm on the computer anyway, but the art usually happens at night while I'm watching TV or videos. I get fidgety if I'm just sitting! Sometimes I take a project or 2 with me when I volunteer at the local art gallery (3 hrs/week), since it's usually pretty slow there.

The biggest challenge for me is to moderate my participation. I see a lot of LMAOs/exchanges I'd like to do but I'm learning that I can't sign up for everything that everything that strikes my fancy. I get *way* too nervous if I've got a lot of projects piling up & I don't want to be slow getting stuff on its way.

[JustSu]

i work more than 40 hours a week a good bit of the time. my dh and i are also more or less raising our granddaughter - daughter lives at home with us, too, but works 3-11, so we have the baby in the evenings. dh is enrolled in a MS program that is a killer, plus he works at least 50 hours a week. we have two teenage kids, one a driver and the other not - football games, college decisions, boy/girlfriend crises, etc.

is it any wonder that my solution to doing art has been to give up sleep? (literally, though the day i fell asleep at the wheel coming home at 5PM and ended up in the other guy's lane scared me badly enough so that i've only stayed up all night 2, maybe 3 times since.) but i must do this - i turn into something far less than human if i don't create.