Who the hell is really so busy?

I HEAR YA!
i call them LAZY,,, plain and simple!
LAZY *kitten*!~

Before this current semester, I exercised 4-5 hours a week, often in my garage due to the whole having kids issue.

I knew this semester would be rough so I'm not going to beat myself up over it. I'm so stressed trying to get accepted into a certain program at my university I often feel like throwing up. I'm averaging 4-5 hours a sleep a night. If I'm not at work, I'm at school and barely see my kids.

I do try to get as much in on the weekend. I know this is a temporary situation so I'm not going to feel guilty about it.

I don't really care if others have reasons or excuses. It's their body and they can do with it what they choose. I don't like to play the one-up game of I do X, Y, Z and I can STILL do this. I take care of my own business and have compassion or at least don't worry about others.

People suck. Who cares. lol

Wow, my thoughts exactly.

Really what I think happens is that we allow people to gravitate towards excuses rather than actions.
In other words, everyone has a note to be excused from gym class.

I'm trying to finish a Master's thesis in a very technical field at a very rigrous school.

I have a high stress job where my boss was expecting me to work 50-60 hours a week.

I have 3 kids, 2 of which are in school, and the 3rd needs speech therapy twice month. And of course they all need to go to the doctor, the dentist, get hair cuts, etc.

My husband works 12 hours shifts on a rotating schedule so he often works weekends. He also does endurance mountain biking which means his training rides are hours longs.

I also have 2 dogs, one of which has diabetes and needs insulin twice a day.

Also, my sister got married last weekend in CA (I live in CO). I sewed my own bridesmaid dress and half of 2 flower girls dresses, plus planned the whole trip.

I went to the gym this morning. :flowerforyou:

I don't care who's busy. Who wants to GET busy?

Here is my busy schedule:
Monday: Get up at 5:30, gym from 6-7, go home fix my breakfast, shower and get ready for work, 8-5 work, go home and clean a little, cook dinner and eat, go to other job for an hour or two, then hit the gym again and go home and bed
Tuesday: Get up at 5:30, gym from 6-7, go home fix my breakfast, shower and get ready for work, 8-5 work, go home and clean some more, cook dinner and eat, go play softball for a few hours then home and bed
Wednesday: Get up at 5:30, gym from 6-7, go home fix my breakfast, shower and get ready for work, 8-5 work, go home and clean, cook dinner and eat, go to other job for an hour or two, then hit the gym and go home and bed
Thursday: Get up at 5:30, gym from 6-7, go home fix my breakfast, shower and get ready for work, 8-5 work, go home, clean, cook dinner and softball games for a few hours, home and bed
Friday: Get up at 5:30, gym from 6-7, go home fix breakfast, shower and ger ready for work, 8-5 work, go home and cook dinner and eat, softball out of town for a few hours, come home and bed
Saturday: Sleep in a little then gym for 2 hours, home to deep clean the house or go to other job with hubby all day (electrician) try to work in some softball practice, shop for the week, lunch, clean, dinner gym for a few hours then bed
Sunday: Sleep in a little then gym for 2 hours, work with hubby at other job, cook lunch, softball for a few hours out of town, dinner, and go home and bed... Now that's busy for ya..

I used to live 12 miles from my job, and it would take me an hour and a half to get there (yes, VA traffic really is that bad). So three hours or commuting on top of an 8-hour workday, plus taking care of two dogs and getting a Master's degree, didn't leave me with too much free time. Once I moved closer to work and finished the degree I found myself with a lot of extra time which I dedicated to more worthwhile pursuits than sitting in a car. Commutes really eat up a lot of people's time and are incredibly draining.

I'm one of those who is often too busy (particularly doing the week) to be able to fit much, if anything in. But, I work 45-hours per week & I'm also pursuing my Ph.D. It takes me an hour and a half each way to get to/from campus, this after my workday. So, on a good day, I'm up at 5:30am for work, leave work at 4pm to get to my classes, and get home from classes after 10pm. Sleep is important, too... though I don't get much of it.

Do you have kids? A house and yard to maintain? Aging parents who need assistance? Do you take night school courses to keep technically current for your job (or to get a better one)? Do you have any health issues that need monitoring or treatment? Extended family you keep social contact with? Do you do any volunteer work? Have any hobbies or outside interests not related to fitness? Just wondering.

I do! I'm a mother of 2 boys with a Full time job, a side job, going to school, A house (a clean one), family time, kid time, afterschool kid homework, a fiance and close family and friends. I enjoy fun things and I workout almost daily. Its time management and priorities! Once I learned that my workout is what allowed me to DO everything else during my day... thats when it became unquestionable and part of my daily routine.

Do you have kids? A house and yard to maintain? Aging parents who need assistance? Do you take night school courses to keep technically current for your job (or to get a better one)? Do you have any health issues that need monitoring or treatment? Extended family you keep social contact with? Do you do any volunteer work? Have any hobbies or outside interests not related to fitness? Just wondering.

I do! I'm a mother of 2 boys with a Full time job, a side job, going to school, A house (a clean one), family time, kid time, afterschool kid homework, a fiance and close family and friends. I enjoy fun things and I workout almost daily. Its time management and priorities! Once I learned that my workout is what allowed me to DO everything else during my day... thats when it became unquestionable and part of my daily routine.

Oh and My workout is a full-on intense hour to an hour and a half. I can do it... you can do it! Balance, hard work and dedication to all aspects of your life.

I have 3 month old, 17 month old, and a 1st grader. I am going through a divorce and preparing to move from hawaii to cincinnati. I wake up before the kids workout, take a shower, then they are ready to get breakfast. I just do it. If I do not get to it before they wake up, I can get them to join me before nap time my boys love shaun t lol.

LOL.
Um.

- 2 active kids with activities and school (Tae Kwon Do & Tennis for now, but soon Football & Soccer as well)
- 1 full time job.
- 1 part time job.
- School for myself.
- Family members with spinal injuries who have no one to rely on but us.

And I still manage to do:
- Gym an hour a day.
- Therapy.
- Crossfit.
- Yoga.
- TaeKwonDo for myself.

House work and bills (not all of them have the option to schedule auto-payments), my love life, social life and extended family obligations (which number many) HAVE to trickle in somewhere.

That seems to be a lot of "BS" up there. Must be nice to be you, OP. "I'm too busy," is my mantra for anything basically unplanned. And it's 100% true. My Google Calendar looks like someone profusely threw up all over it and arranged the vomit into pretty colors all over my browser.

What I'M doing that other parents aren't doing though: I have an extremely supportive partner, for one, and I MAKE THE TIME. I get up at 4:30am, I go to bed at 9/10pm. Everything else falls in between and I take it a week at a time. Helps that I'm an awesome multi-tasking micro-manager.

I have a full time job, six children including two sets of twins and they're all under 7.5 and am going to school for my masters and I still find time to do p90x.

My good friend has a 40hr a week job and comes home saying she can't work out cause she's exhausted.

I call some major BS.