"have infants ricocheting around your home like screaming DVD logos, then you may want to put this ambition aside for now and deal with that instead"

Even older kids... my 6 year old is jumping on the couch as I type this..

I like remote work but when I had to commute it was really nice to have that downtime built in to the day. I learned a lot of Dutch vocabulary on the train.

There's something useful about time that is already spoken for. You're on the train, you can't do much else, so learning some Dutch feels easy. At home the same half hour somehow gets fragmented into six different things

The hobby can be with the kid! E.g. go out on a kayak with them (safety first etc.) or learn to coach sport.