YC reject so I bootstrapped and was thankfully able to hit profitability before my first kid showed up. I’ve now got two. I also have dreams bigger than ever.

In fact, writing this while sitting on the couch with the kids watching Muppet Treasure Island while my kids are wearing pirate hats and waving foam swords.

I’m still extremely productive and prolific. Probably less compared with before. But before, I had friends and TV shows subtracting from my time.

Today, my life priorities are kids, work and sleep.

There is no Netflix. There are no hobbies. No downtime. No friends unless I happen to like my kids friends parents.

I’m up at 5:30/6 and get 90 mins of focused work in. Skip breakfast. Then workout and walk/bike with the kids. Then ready for work at 10 - and thankfully my office is two blocks away. Skip lunch. Home at 5/5:30. Dinner with kids and play. Work from 8-10. Every single day.

I love my kids, work and learning is fun, and I value sleep. Everything else is a nice to have.

The way I see it, when I’m 100 years old I won’t regret drag on my ambitions because I had kids. In fact I’ll probably think the ambitions were nice but kind of pointless in the end anyway. I will see the kids as important and meaningful, and will write a life story where I was the best dad I could be and still hustled like hell.

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daggerdrone 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Isn’t it unhealthy to skip both breakfast and lunch? How are you getting the energy to do stuff without eating?

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davmar 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

hey hey don't interrupt the hustleporn

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ColdStream an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As a fun project, you should look up the history of eating schedules. They vary wildly between different cultures. Some have a single large meal at the start of the day, others have 5 smaller meals spread through, and everything in between. There is no standard even if it feels like it simply because that is how we are raised.

It is but social convention.

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jawilson2 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Intermittent fasting and calorie reduction are the only known way to EXTEND lifespan and wellness. 10 years of low carb + fasting is the single most important health decision I have ever made.

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hahahaa 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oh no you see this is now called intermittent fasting not "lunch is for wimps".

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triceratops an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's only unhealthy if you get hungry.

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gritspants 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah I had a schedule like that when the kids were very young but it caught up with me, frankly. Having the computer be the first and last thing I interacted with every day was not great for my mood either.

	▲	katzgrau 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Granted, I do need to take a break from that schedule every so often. If I catch myself being unfocused I just go to bed. Also, the first thing I work on is usually a high leverage project that excites me. Reading news or answering emails (things that can affect my emotions) are usually avoided during that time. Usually.

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thaumasiotes 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Isn’t it unhealthy to skip both breakfast and lunch?

No, why would you think that?

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SoftTalker an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But time to post on HN?

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aselimov3 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Man good motivating schedule. Are you married as well? I notice this is missing the wife time. I feel like I really have to wreck my sleep to get worktime between wife and kids.

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nichochar 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

yep all of this resonates