I work full time, 4- 10 hour days( very fortunate..) I have one of my Grandchildren 3 days a week. . I schedule time on the weekend by letting other things go that aren't that important to me, like dusting, vacuuming; my DH does the dishes and cleans the kitchen, Thank GOD! I spend 1,1/2 to 2 hours on the weekend cooking everything we're going to have thru the week, then just heat it up. We get up at 4am every day but Sunday, then it's 5am. It gives us a little time together before we have to go out into the world; walk the dog, start a load of wash, get ready for work and leave by 5:15a.I work from 6A til 4p; go to exercise class from 5:45-6:45p I use the 5, 10, 15 minute rule for everything else; if it can be done in 5,10 or 15 minutes, I do it. if not I leave it for another time. You can get alot done in that amount of time. I set a timer when I go into the sewing room, sometimes only for 20 mins. Again, you can get alot done in that amount of time. And we turn off the T.V. there isn't anything on anyway...