It has been a while since I've posted. No free time! From wake-up to lights out, it's go-go-go all week. How am I even writing this right now? What essential task am I ignoring? How am I going to pay for this act of procrastination later? How do parents manage to carve out time to even think about managing their time? It is trite and insufficient to state that being a parent is a full-time job. That's like calling military basic training a little retreat. You can't even complain about it. Complaining is interpreted as an admission that you dislike being a parent. I love being a parent, but parenting will eat all your time -- those two things are not in opposition. Kids eat time like minivans burn gas. When we had just one little guy, I did a better job of carving out a little time for myself. I grabbed an hour a day to workout, hang with friends, or play music. That hour made a huge difference. A little goes a long way. I was in better shape, my moods were stable, and ...