Where does all the time go?!

I’ve noticed many times before that the more I exercise, the more I want to exercise. I get used to moving about, and I miss it when I don’t do it.

Now I’m wondering whether the same thing applies to work! I have been constantly — and perhaps naïvely — shocked at how quickly time passes now that I’m working on my own schedule and on my own projects. I really thought I’d have more time once I started working from home in the Bay Area: no commute, not as many friends in the area, no traffic, no LA crowds. But all I’m finding is that every day is too short, every week flies by too quickly, I go to bed late every night because I’m kept up working on various projects, and while my life is pleasantly balanced, there’s just never enough time for anything. Can it be that work is like exercise? The more I work, the more I want to? I used to spend hours and hours in front of the computer playing games; these days, that never happens, and I don’t even read news or blogs daily anymore (to say nothing of how icanhascheezburger has fallen by the wayside!). It surprises me every day what my life has become, and though I mean that in the best way possible, the change still startles me.

I also kind of wonder if this is how people’s lives change after they have kids…? Feeling happier and more fulfilled than ever, but also a hundred times more busy?