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Pick one evening a week and make it your family night. Even if it is just a couple of hours make it a ritual.
IMO if your wife is a stay at home Mom, she needs to look into time management. I agree that if you are working that many hours, and doing your Masters, she need to be doing any/all errands that don't require your personal presence.
She is likely a different kind of tires, as it can be exhausting to be at home too. So, spend an hour a couple days a week with your child so that she can soak and relax....and then she can also give you that hour or two to exercise, even if it is at home.
You two should sit down together and plan a schedule, try it for a week....adjust as needed and give it a few weeks and see if it helps.
There are several helpful links related to time management online.
You're burning the candle at both ends; been there done that.
TIP - be sure and get you some B-100 vitamin (complex) -- take it everyday (morning) - you will thank me later!
(it simply replaces what is getting stripped from your body w/stress & constant exertion, and will help keep you from FEELING DEPLETED as you are!)
Last edited by oldoak2000; 08-09-2016 at 04:08 PM..
Thank for all the suggestions. I do believe my wife needs to manage her time better, but even still I don't think she is being lazy (more so the stuff that needs to be done piles up at a much more intense rate than she completes it).
I guess for me at least, I feel that people must exaggerate what they are actually getting done because I truly feel pushed to the limit with my gears going 100% and I'm just not getting what I want done to feel good and less stressed out. After a 11-12 hour day at work, I get home and I'm exhausted. Often I try to keep being productive, but it does not go well due to low energy and concentration. Other times I'll do something I enjoy, but then feel guilty I didn't do anything productive. Once in a blue moon I come home from work and I'm able to find the will and energy to bang out a bunch of stuff I've been wanting to get done, and I feel great, but I can never sustain that pace. Eventually I'm burned out and couldn't be productive if I tried.
For me right now, I think the two keys are finishing my Master's to get rid of that burden, and to also find a better job where I'm only spending 8-9 hours total at it rather then the 11-12 I do now. Unfortunately, there is no changing them overnight, so like people said, I might just have to learn to be content with the situation for the time being.
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