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The "Me Time" trap of parenting (slrpnk.net)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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I like to double down and do the healthy thing: get up at 5:30 and go to the gym.

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[โ€“] Hello_there@fedia.io 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Being around kids is fine in the right head space. But it's really really hard when you just keep thinking I just want to take a nap.

[โ€“] bassomitron@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh 100%, but if you're never allowing yourself free time, you're going to end up having side effects from that. Regardless, you shouldn't need to sleep deprive yourself in order to get some time off.