What does a typical day look like for you?

(Updated from nearly 6 months ago)

Here is another great question that I have been asked multiple times in the recent past. I figured today would be the perfect day to answer this question as it has been a typical Monday!

I typically start my day at around 7:00am or 7:30am. When I get up in the morning, I am usually ready to get my day started and I don’t need much time to come to my senses. I like to head straight to the office which requires that I open our back slidiing glass door, walk outside, close the door, then take about 12 steps. I am then standing at the front door of our newly constructed office that was completed the first part of May. I am normally at the office no later than 8:00am on a typical work day.

When I get to my office I like to start of with bible reading, prayer, and some good quiet time to think about all that is going on in my life and business. Once, I am finished in my preparation for the day, I dive right in to my emails. Now that I have someone checking my emails, my private email address (which gets very little spam) receives 50-100 emails daily. I like to check my email to get my day started and usually takes anywhere from 15-30 minutes.

The rest of my days is spent on my forums, in multiple IM chat windows, responding to emails, talking on the phone, and reading through some of the forums I frequent. I will normally go home and get a bite to eat with my wife and kids for lunch at about noon, although we do get an invite next door (our grandparents house) for lunch a couple of times each week. One of my goals is to make at least 3 posts per day on all of the forums I run, and this can take up to an hour a day depending on what issues arise on any given forum.

The end of my work day usually hits between 4:30pm and 5:30pm when lock up the office and head home. In less than 26 seconds, I am in my house visiting with my wife and/or playing with the kids. We like to eat an early dinner, so we are usually through eating by 6:00pm. Our kids go to bed at around 8:30pm, so after dinner we focus on playing or reading with the kids until they get ready for bed at about 8:00pm. Once the kids are in bed, my wife and I spend time talking and hanging out. We may watch a movie some nights (thanks to NetFlix) or play a board game. We are usually in bed by 10:30pm or 11:00pm. This is a typical work day…