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I would love to see something like this written by someone with a young family. I find myself living JIT subject to the whimsical demands of small children for extended periods, and often wonder if it's even possible to re-arrange life in this context to try to re-capture some sanity.

Usually I just give up and bathe myself in the chaos, hoping that it's just a few years and then some semblance of sanity will return naturally.

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Self-employment is the only answer I have seen provided. From memory, some people said they were able to transition into it, some others implied they felt they only had the chance at contract work due to a long onramp they made for themselves working at it earlier in their life. Hopefully we'll get some anecdotes.

Well, I suppose there is teaching your children discipline; depends on what you mean by whimsical demands.

Hi, the author here.

You're raising a great point. While I'm not living together with my partner, we do have a little family and I'm very much with you that it's super hard to get anything done with kids around.

Unless you get up super early, stay up super late after kids are in bed, or use the time when they aren't around (e.g. kindergarden), I also think that it's almost impossible to fully focus on something for a longer period.

I guess it kind of boils down to finding the right routines. That certainly doesn't make it easier...

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