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I run into problems trying to juggle my time. I have the obligatory 40 hours a week of work. And there's all that sleep stuff. Time waking up, time going to bed, time eating, time making oneself presentable. The rest is where things get tricky.

I don't have great relations with my family. However, I do try to spend time with them, hoping that somehow we'll work through our differences. I have a wonderful girlfriend that I enjoy spending gobs of time with. Then there's all the rest of the stuff that I enjoy doing and the stuff I am obligated to do.

I have a couple of hobbies that I've picked up over the years. Though I do loads of writing each day at work, I still muster the urge to pour out more words in the evenings on my site. I've taken up learning Japanese (read: I like to watch animes). I'm a bit of a shutterbug. I'm just starting to get involved in an open source development project. This is only the beginning, too, as I'm sure I'll find other things to whet my appetite.

Juggling and balancing acts ensue. I'm having a hard enough time doing this right now. I'm having an even harder time imagining what it'll be like when I'm married. I've been walking the dog and doing other things around the house to try to help out my parents. However, this means I have to change my work hours. So, I either have to work earlier or later. I usually opt for later. And since everyone else seems to start working earlier than I, I end up losing work time when everyone gets home. Sometimes I make this up on the weekends. And all this cuts into Tim-time.

I'm going to try cutting out some of the less important things. I'm going to increase the family and friends time and decide what really needs to be a part of Tim-time. I hope it works. Asking for more time in the day only means I'll find more ways to fill it.