I have a question to all participants in this discussion that relates to the OP’s question about time management:
when do you typically go flying?
Weekends? Weekdays? Mornings? After work? On free days during the week? Whenever you want because you own your own and your time?
MedEwok wrote:
when do you typically go flying?
Given my job it’s Weekends only, early morning for my own practice or the whole weekend when GA travelling
I stopped gliding as I tend to have family stuff later on the day
Weekday flying is “exception for me” but not sure if this one case answers your question: after Wednesday work party, cross-channel crossing at 9pm, 16 night T&G under full moon with another pilot to Calais, back at 2am to the UK and join the same party or whatever left of it and finally have a drink?
Looking back, we should not have bragged about that story at the workplace 
MedEwok wrote:
when do you typically go flying?
Depends… With my wife it will typically be a longer trip which we’ll do on a weekend. By myself usually evenings or daytime — as a university lecturer I have quite flexible work hours.
I found flying with one child at home ok, but two young children is a problem: it’s not really fair to leave my wife alone with them at the weekend. She’s supportive, but not too keen on flying any more. Well, she is keen on Alderney and Le Touquet, but not with two screaming kids This might have to wait until they’re a bit older.
What I’ve done in the past for longer flights is take a day off work, which usually works better for aircraft availability and weather, so I’ll have to do this more often. Being self-employed, I can have as much holiday as I want and whenever I want it. On the downside, mistakes happen when I’m away and I know exactly how much it costs The record is a mis-forwarded email losing a customer worth £30k/yr.
My normal currency flight is a round trip to LFAC or LFAT, but with Covid I’m going to have to find some places to go in the UK. I’ll also have to use the flying time more efficiently and either practice a particular skill or go to new airfield. I’ve taken steps to reduce non-flying time (moving planes in and out of the hangar etc).
We’ve not yet used grandparent babysitting, but this might be an easy solution.
Time of day
Almost always in the morning, for however long it takes – an hour, or two, or all morning, or all day. Once I’ve started something (home improvement, trip to the zoo etc), it’s not easy to drop it and go flying.
What I used to do quite often was circuits or a quick local after work. This is especially nice in the autumn when the weather is still good and you can watch the sunset.
Capitaine wrote:
I found flying with one child at home ok, but two young children is a problem
Thanks for the tip, solution1: DA50 with 3 seats in the back and solution2: no 2nd child , sadly DA50 is not FAA certified yet !
At last there is something good to be said about legacy twins :-)
MedEwok wrote:
when do you typically go flying?
From April to October Up here it is daylight in the summertime 24/7, so any time is OK. Winter is more problematic, but when I get my night rating I can fly in dark winter nights also. I have always had this little dream of flying across white winter mountains at night, with a full moon and stars In a few months …
LeSving wrote:
I have always had this little dream of flying across white winter mountains at night, with a full moon and stars In a few months …
You’re going to love it!
Maybe other thread would be more relevant but thought of this one when I saw this
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-54173968
Family comutes 1800km to run an outback pub in Australia. And it’s not a very ‘small’ plane….
Anybody recognises it? Looks like something akin to a Cessna Caravan?
