I may be having a minor lifestyle change shortly, hopefully reclaiming evenings from long hours in the office and commuting. I’m just coming to the realisation that I’m not sure what to do with them though (pre-clocks changing at least, after that I’ll be out biking, kayaking or walking 😀 ).

Other than catching up on teh last 10 years box sets or lookign at STW, I need inspiration (for me and the missus). What enlightening things do you get up to on dark evenings?*

*Keep it clean, keep it clean

Come in from work.
Have dinner.
Read stories.
Put kids to bed.
Go downstairs.
Go back upstairs.
Put kids to bed again.
Get glass of water for kids.
Put kids to bed again.
Get special teddy for kids.
Put kids to bed again.
Go downstairs.
Go back upstairs and shout at kids.
Give up and go to bed.

Sometimes we throw in a little housework just to keep things interesting.

I watch binners while he sleeps.

Monday – Tai Chi with mum
Tuesday – swimming with daughter
Wednesday – kickboxing with son
Thursday – nothing every week, but if there are ever school governor meetings we arrange for Thursday
Friday – daughter at youth club, I’m taxi
Saturday – son’s football training
Sunday – son’s football match

I try and fit in 4/5 gym sessions a week, work maybe a couple of hours each day before/after the office.

Have a puppy, a wife that works shifts…and just started a college course.

I long for quiet evenings 🙁

Try to get two very small children to bed, feed ourselves and collapse… And one night a week I usually go MTBing. Forget the clocks, buy some lights!

Ferrying my kids to their various social activities.
Coach a football team for 6 year olds – including the youngest panthercub.
Cross trainer / Sky go boxsets.
Home maintenance.
Drink coffee / eat cakes.

……sometimes, in the very height of summer, if the gods are looking favourably upon me and all the circumstances are fortuitously aligned, i’ll ride a bike. Sometimes.

Do homework with the boys
feed the animals*

*boys

wait for Mrs Stoner to get home
usually pop out to the local for some social time (I work from home, it’s my only interaction with real humans older than 9) for a couple of pints.

A few nights a week I go to Archery.

When the trails arent utter gloopy nastiness I go out on the bike and come back via the pub.

My advice is to create things, other than babies. 🙂

Currently trying to write a book!

GrahamS pretty much on the mark there. Add in helping with homework and crashing in front of TV like a sloth and thats it.

I may be the wrong person to answer here as my commute is long as are my working hours but as a start point:
Turbo sessions – Mainly 30 minute HIIT sets.
Gym – The wife mainly, but me occasionally.
Cooking – Having time to make and prepare interesting food is awesome.
Riding – My bike, buy some lights if you need to.

Chill out and relax after hectic days at work, may pour myself a JD and coke or two.

Play computer games, surf the web/youtube. Never watch TV.
My commute 2-3 days a week is 16 mile round trip a day on the bike.

Wednesdays is cinema night (I love it as it breaks the week up) go with my cus every week gives her a rest from her teenage daughter, we have a beer and a chat watch a film, nice evening.

Yes I know I have no kids, but my job is pretty physical most days and quiet stressful.

I watch CFH watching Binners sleeping.

Right, I should have set the background a bit better here!

Kids are 17 and 20, we usually go to bed before them, if they are in! Not much ferrying required as oldest one drives (and doesnt drink), youngest is learning. And oldest owes us more than a few ferries of her own!

So actually some actual free time to do grown up stuff for the first time in 20 years! Except ballroom dancing. I’m like a duck with two left paddles.

Exactly same situation as you OP – last week I’ve gone form commuting 160 miles a day, to 9.

Currently just faffing about in evening, going to gym more and getting bored at 8pm. Come lighter nights I’ll be able to crack on with house jobs more and spend some evenings down allotment, so looking forward to that.

Hit big

Coke and hookers. 🙂

waste my time on ebay or here
turbo train occasionally
beer or wine at weekends (unless Im up early driving the next day)

hooked up the PS4 so that will probably take some time off Ebay.

Work or..

Come in from work some time after 7 or much later.

Chat to the kids and Mrs

Eat

Chill out and do some browsing/moderating on here.

PS4 some nights

annoy the neighbours with my punk rock electric guitar.

Listen to music, read with the kids, watch films, cook, read without kids, tinker with bikes, reddit, hifi stuff, swim, in the summer ride and walk dogs. No hobbies to speak of just whatever takes my fancy.

Train Wing Chun 3 nights, gym, dates, snowboarding and STW fill in the rest of the time.

I also used to ride bikes…

kids to bed.

extended commute on a tues night (sideways fun)

learning guitar (i`m shit – its taking a while!)

listening to music – jesu/sun kil moon and tricky released last friday – good stuff

fix the khazi/floor/lights/skirting/fascias/kitchen units/flat roof/kids toys/shower/van/car/chairs/bike (delete as appropriate)

eldest over on a thurs so thats nice and i`m off so i get to cook and relax a bit more.

friday beer

i try to limit TV to one hour.

if i could i`d cook more.

I forgot – in the summer – BACKYARD PUMPTRACK! (although this summer it was sodding house renovations so it got all overgrown)

Domestic servitude and reluctant exercise interspersed with gawping at the idiot box and making forever to be unrealised plans to escape the rat race

My PhD – every night, the ****ing PhD!

I take a few hours off each week for Fallout 4 and Climbing.

Tea
Poop check, feed chaps
Feed the chaps
Tea
Coffee
Find out what the idiot cat is doing
Tea
Find out what the idiot snake knocked over
Coffee
check what time it is and cry
Food of some type
Check amount of work i have left to do
Tea
Finish work
Poop and water check and last feed

Sometimes i like to roll around on CaptainFlashhearts carpet while he is out watching the love of his life

mostly its just bonging and masterbating

annoy the neighbours with my punk rock electric guitar.

Do you live in the suburbs?

monday – spin class
Tuesday – spin class
Wednesday – spin class followed by band practice
Thursday – band practice
Friday – spin class followed by beer

That’s the plan, anyway…. Usually just manage Tuesday & Wednesday spin classes.

Straight out of my uniform.
Shower.
Drink, & think, ‘thank **** I didn’t get assaulted today but I’ve got it all to do again tomorrow’.

I just doze off. Safe in the knowledge that I am watched over by angels

mostly its just bonging and masterbating

Are you admitting your’e a **** with a drug problem?

It’s the type I deal with everyday.

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mostly its just bonging and masterbating
Are you admitting your’e a **** with a drug problem?

It’s the type I deal with everyday.

work is a bit slow this time of year, i cant afford coke and hookers 😐

Shagging Mrsfry on Captainflashearts carpet 😈

Home by 6.15. Supper. Upstairs for a wash and clean teeth, which deters me from snacking later. Change. Watch Michael Portaloo on his train journey. Out to the garage and fettle something on the bike, ready for the next ride. Bed at 10.00.

I stare at the walls and wonder where it all went wrong.

Me?

This…

Home about 615 from fast bike commute. Play with daughter (18 months old). Dinner. Chill out for a bit with mrs and daughter, bath daughter. Settle her to bed. Then a bit of quality time with the Mrs before bed. Love it 🙂

Home, grab the dogs, go meet OH at the yard, see to four horses (occasionally riding) whilst the dogs exercise themselves by running around daft, home again, food, bit of tv, sleep. Repeat until the weekend!

In the summer I get in a few evening rides a week as the horses are out 24/7 so no stables to see to.

Mostly I spend my time doing this:

Cycle home,
Feed cats, wash up everything the wife has left around the kitchen
Go to crossfit gym for 1 to 1.5 hours
Cycle back home
Light the fire
cook dinner
eat dinner
watch an episode of whatever TV series we’re on
Go to bed

Mainly spend time sat at computer all evening and trying not to get too annoyed with whatever other half is watching on tv or people in flat above. Currently learning to touch type properly, finding it strangely addictive. Couple of weeks ago it was re-learning basic maths on Khan Academy, will return to that at some point. Actually the reason I’m learning to touch type properly is when I got my new PC I decided I needed a proper keyboard with Cherry switches (brown). Oh and blank keys. So last week when I was setting up Kerberos authenticated NFS shares on the NAS and used a password that I couldn’t actually type without seeing the individual charactersm hence using gtypist for touch typing tutorials.

Learning Linux will suck up time like the tardis crossed with a vacuum cleaner if you’re that way inclined. Specifically Arch Linux on desktop PC and Debian (arm) on NAS.