My question to y'all...

How do you do it?

I wanna learn how so I can, too! X3

Straight up? I have no other consistent hobbies.

This is my main creative outlet and if I gave it up I'd be miserable.

Heh. "What are hobbies?" That's me.

I know! XD

I'm quite sad about it and want it back.

I'm not at all used to working full time and trying to run a household simultaneously.

It takes some adjustment

Indeed!

Tips and tricks?

I mean, what is your main issue? You don't have the time?

Too tired?

I don't feel like I have the time.

I have the same amount of minutes in the day as, oh, Da Vinci, etc.

But I'm somehow trying to use mine efficiently and running out.

The only good explanation I have is that I am trying to do too much.

Hm, or waking up too early... (yeah, turns out it's possible)

I cheat.

XD You mean goof off while adulting?

yup

but also I only work part time. the other part often gets taken up with adulting also, but cheating slips in.

I work full time but I also live alone, so I don't really run a household as much as just... keep it tidy for myself.

Well, watching small children does allow for some cheating, in my experience...

Living alone also carries its own burdens. No one else to pick up slack, ever.

Part of the problem, I think, is that I tend to feel guilty about time spent away from my family.

And so I try to accomplish things while also spending time with them.

self-care time is important

having hobbies is important

easier said than done, though

X3 much easier said than done.

i tag from my phone so I do it at work, while watching tv with my partner or roommates, etc.

when i reply to a tag email i hit reply to the email and start typing it there so if i get distracted it saves as a draft and then i can return to it later

post the drafts when i have a moment to just copy paste em

i dont always get to my tags or have time to do it at work or home

Another complication, probably the biggest one, is that it's difficult for me to switch gears. RP mind and practical work-mind are so different.

I really enjoy my work and it takes up all my brainpower.

Then, when I leave work physically, I'm still mentally doing tomorrow's.

That's probably the most important thing for me to work on.

Hmm, brainstorming... if I can try to get a little bit "in character" while at work... but I would have to be quite careful about who I choose!

No Moriarty. XD

If it's possible to overthink something, or even if it's not possible, I will find a way to do it! XD

oh I am 100% moriarty at work all the time.

that's just my job lmfao

but I get what you mean. If you're thinking about work at home, that's another issue. I struggle with that sometimes myself, I have anxiety... but it's a big thing I had to work on.

I think RP has helped because it has given me something else to focus on.

Focusing on work all hours of the day isn't healthy haha.

Definitely not healthy, even if it fascinates me.

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

And so I have fled my paperwork/chores/etc. to hang out in a coffee shop for awhile. :3