Folks Two days back I asked Joe Stagner a.k.a MisfitGeek http://misfitgeek.com/ about his time management, how he works, gives time to family, what’s his routine? etc. I feel lucky to have his answer through an e-mail.

I am posting his precious comments with his prior permission on my blog, he wrote:

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Hello, 

Nice to meet you. 

You have asked about the hardest thing in life. 

I constantly struggle to find balance between my Family, my Work, and my personal interests.

 Many times the things that I want to do must come second to the things that I NEED to do.

 Always my Children and My Wife come first. The conflict is that being good at my job is how I support my family.

 I always struggle to discover ways to get more done.

 There are two things that I’ve done for the last year of so that have helped.

 -          I get up an hour earlier than I used to. (between 6:00AM and 6:30) that extra hour gives me a chance to do email and priorities what I need to get done for the day.

-          The second thing is I’ve given up television.

 I also try to work in spurts.  I’ll work a very late night once a week or so and work through the octagonal weekend so that I catch up and that makes the rest of my week a little more flexible.

 I also do a lot of work after my children go to sleep at night. That’s when I write code, do research, etc.

 It’s a constant struggle.

 I hope you’ll write back and let me know what kind of things end up working for you.

 Good luck,

Joe

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