Re:Ask HN: I have a day job, one kid and one on the way, how...
by program247365 on Friday May 25, 2012 @10:51PM
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> I find this time of the day work better for me than if I stay up late to the night. You are alone, the air is fresh, and you are like having the whole world :-)
I love that feeling, and may find myself trying that out again, seems like several people have echoed the same timeframe.
Great post! Thanks so much for sharing.
> Is that what I really want? Admit defeat without even try hard enough? Then what is the lesson I am teaching my son here? How am I supposed to tell him that you can be all that you want to be as long as you work hard enough? What kind of example I am setting for him?
That is exactly my worst fear. I'm talented, and I know I can succeed, and I know I can be a good father while doing it. That's what I'm going to strive for. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
I tried not to sacrifice my time with kid and wife so I tried to wake up earlier at 4-5 a.m., spend 2-3 hours to work on things, then go to my fulltime work. I find this time of the day work better for me than if I stay up late to the night. You are alone, the air is fresh, and you are like having the whole world :-).
It is not easy, sometime I just couldn't wake up that early after the alarm went off. And then feeling guilty the whole day for not able to achieve the thing I plan to do. Sometime the alarm wake up my wife instead of me, and she couldn't fall asleep again after that, that is also a big problem.
I think focus, persistent and discipline is important. When we don't have the luxury of spending the whole day on the thing we need to work on, break a big task to smaller chunk that we can complete in shorter amount of time. Focus on small steps instead of climbing the big mountain.
I post about my story here as well http://www.kahfei.com/?p=242. A long post though.