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I don't feel like I have much time but I also require lots of sleep!
If I stayed up later at night I could get a lot more done and have more time with DH but I go to bed NLT 9:30pm

I feel like I don't because I pretty much do everything home related myself. Then I have my regular job to tend to and all the paperwork that goes along with the hubby's business. And then there's DS. DH thinks it's no big deal and doesn't understand why i stress so much. really?! I really want to switch lives with him for one week. I even offer to do so all the time (I actually don't mind working at the shop), but he says no. Ugh.

Good for you! I never feel like I have enough time. Between work, caring for DS, time with DH, making sure we eat healthfully and well, cleaning the apartment, spending time with friends and finding time for sleep/myself, I feel like I am constantly behind.

I could use another hour. I already wake up at 5:15 and I can't get up any earlier to fit in a workout. I am too tired at night.

@Cherrybee: haha, I am crazy?!?!

I do a long commute 2 days a week and on the other three, I start at 7 so I can leave at 4 and still meet my 40 hours.

Honestly, I think we've hit a really good grove lately, and I don't feel stretched for time. I'm working 40hrs/week, taking 6 graduate course hours that only take up about 2-3 hours a week of my time, my house stays pretty clean, and DH and I hang out every evening.

It's solely because my DH takes on 50% of the work. He cooks, I clean, or vice versa. While he does bath, I prep tomorrow's diaper bag, bottles, and food.

I am no supermom, and I don't have it all (still haven't found time to lose the extra weight!), but I am so incredibly grateful to my husband for being such an equal partner.

I think my problem at this stage of life is sleep and not time. My 8.5 month old is still a super awful sleeper. She was up at LEAST 6-8 times last night. Because she's sick--AGAIN--and she has a top tooth coming in, so she was crying basically all night.

I wake up every day at 5:30 to shower, pump and get ready to leave for work at 6:45. I get home by 4:30, play with LO, feed her solids, wash day care bottles, and make something for dinner by the time DH comes home by 7 (usually, unless he's working late.). Whether or not DH is home, LO has her bath at 7:30 and is asleep by 8 pm. We usually eat and clean up (while watching TV) and REALLY, I should/could be done with everything by 8:30 pm each night.

Sadly, I'm pretty exhausted by that point and just have no motivation. I usually just watch more tv, or HB and FB like a lump in front of the couch until my last pump of the night at 9:30. Then I wash all my pump parts, make the night bottles and try to be in bed by 10. I have sleep issues so I'm usually not actually asleep till 11.

Pre-LO I could easily go work out from 8:30-9:00 and go to bed, but not I'm just.so.tired. these days.

Maybe I'm kidding myself, but I figure if I can do everything I do now with very little sleep...imagine what I could accomplish with 7 unintterupted hours a night! If nothing else, at least in a few months I can stop pumping--which is a MAJOR time suck in my life.

I could always use more time, but for me I know my issues are time management and too many hobbies. I work 50-60 hours a week and luckily DH does most of the housework and a good portion of the cooking. There are more things I want to get done but they mostly include home organization and little craft/home/DIY projects. You ladies are really inspiring me - I want to STOP feeling like I don't have enough time and I know I have the power to not feel so overwhelmed all the time.

@Anagram: Thanks for the article!

I stay home so don't have a job to factor in, but now that I have two kids I feel like I have a lot less time. However, I still find some time to get a few things done, and take a little time for myself during naps so that I can stay sane. I just find that my days fly by now, and I'm wondering where the time went.

Sometimes I definitely feel like I don't have enough time. I get up at 5am to get ready for work, then I have my 9 hours at work, then I have a 30-45 minute wait for my ride home from work, commute is around another 30 minutes. I come home, feed the dogs, take them for a walk, do things around the house, get groceries, make dinner, clean up after dinner. By this time it's usually around 9 and I'm exhausted, so I'll watch TV for a bit and then go to bed and redo it all the next day.

On Saturday I clean the house, do laundry, run errands, etc. Sunday is really the only day that I have free.

If my husband gets home before me he will take care of the dogs, so that helps but it's rare that he's home first.

I don't even have kids, so I'm super amazed by you ladies who have kids and still have free time!