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<blockquote data-quote="SpiralBound" data-source="post: 2326447" data-attributes="member: 8396">Now, I could be going &quot;two plus two equals five&quot;, but....I don't know if this is even an option for you, but... If your part-time online job pays so well that it beats out your wife's full time job, AND your other job is a &quot;suck-alicious&quot; night-time job, then have you considered expanding the part-time job into a full-time one and dumping the crappy night-shift work?&nbsp; This might standardize/consolidate your daily schedule somewhat which could possibly expose more writing time per day.&nbsp; Unless you live next door to your nightshift job, you're losing at least an hour, probably closer to two, in the prep &amp; travel time between home and work every day.&nbsp; Regrouping your life into a single ONLINE job would eliminate your travel time to get to work and also any of the prep time you spent for the night job (showering, shaving, putting on a uniform, etc.&nbsp; Please - I'm not avocating stopping showering, just the extra stuff you would do for the 2nd job! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )&nbsp; By doing this you instantly have at least an extra half hour to an hour or more per day that could be spent on your writing!&nbsp; That can add up really quickly. (15 hours minimum of solid writing time per month!)However, you also mentioned having four(!) children and household tasks... And maybe there isn't a full-time position available at that online job... and maybe your nightshift work still pays more than the online one would even if it were full time.&nbsp; I obviously don't know your full circumstances and perhaps my suggestion above simply wouldn't work, but I felt it worthwhile mentioning.Last thing: Erik Mona's &quot;my life in a nutshell&quot; post is kinda scary... Be careful what you wish for, you might get it!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" />&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> (no offense intended Erik!)&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpiralBound, post: 2326447, member: 8396"] Now, I could be going "two plus two equals five", but.... I don't know if this is even an option for you, but... If your part-time online job pays so well that it beats out your wife's full time job, AND your other job is a "suck-alicious" night-time job, then have you considered expanding the part-time job into a full-time one and dumping the crappy night-shift work? This might standardize/consolidate your daily schedule somewhat which could possibly expose more writing time per day. Unless you live next door to your nightshift job, you're losing at least an hour, probably closer to two, in the prep & travel time between home and work every day. Regrouping your life into a single ONLINE job would eliminate your travel time to get to work and also any of the prep time you spent for the night job (showering, shaving, putting on a uniform, etc. Please - I'm not avocating stopping showering, just the extra stuff you would do for the 2nd job! :D ) By doing this you instantly have at least an extra half hour to an hour or more per day that could be spent on your writing! That can add up really quickly. (15 hours minimum of solid writing time per month!) However, you also mentioned having four(!) children and household tasks... And maybe there isn't a full-time position available at that online job... and maybe your nightshift work still pays more than the online one would even if it were full time. I obviously don't know your full circumstances and perhaps my suggestion above simply wouldn't work, but I felt it worthwhile mentioning. Last thing: Erik Mona's "my life in a nutshell" post is kinda scary... Be careful what you wish for, you might get it!! :confused: :confused: (no offense intended Erik!) :D [/QUOTE]

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