I work from 8:30am to 6pm every weekday, I always want to finish my backlog of games but have to go to bed by 10pm so I end up only playing games for 10-15 mins per night. For all you gamers, how do you manage your time when your juggling work/responsibilities?

guys with kids and family, playing games is pure fantasy

What do you mean you have to go to bed ?

I still play my PC games. Just be disciplined. I play alternate days and every session is like 2 hours. Its ME time, so I play.

I also realise if you dont focus on finishing the game fast, you will enjoy the game more. Less stress and just go slow slow.

930pm-ish till 12am max. if got no badminton or volleyball. friday night till morning yehhh

saturday till sunday night. sleep in between.

in this aspect, I am fortunate to work away from family. so every time is me time.

normally i can get about 1 to 1.5 hr of gaming everyday (or alternatively, watch movies) before I go to bed at 9.30 pm (takes about 30 mins for me to actually sleep).

sleep 10pm..so early meh..game till 12 la
wakeup at 6.30am

i usually reach home from work at around 7pm+. After dinner + shower + some quality time with wife, i have about 1-2 hours of me time before i sleep. between those 1-2 hrs, i have to decide to browse internet or movie or gaming. Usually ends with either the 1st or 2nd cause too little time for game, no shiok. After awhile, i am feeling uninterested to play games even deep in my soul i want to.

i wake up 8am

reach work place at 9am

work til 5:30-6:00pm

reach home at 7

eat and watch movie til 8

play game til 12

bath til 12:30

continue gaming til 2am, latest 2am++, sleep at 2am/3am, depends.

(some time very tired, then no game and sleep early at around 12am)

Tried sleeping at 12 but will feel lousy the next day. Maybe because I'm old.

Nowadays I find it impossible to find time to play games, not sure how people could do it when life gets in the way.

old? How old are you bro?

I'm among the oldest gamers here, with both family & work commitment
yet I still can squeeze in one or two hours of gaming daily depends on mood

how early you need to wake up? once you're getting older, you tends to require lesser sleep time
as long as I gets minimal 6 hours of sleep, I'm all good the next day

sleep too early says around 10 or 11pm, I'll tend to wake up in the middle of the night around 3, 4am, and will have problem getting back to sleep
hence I sleep around 12am, and my me time starts from 10pm, when my family all already gone to bed.

finding time to game is not that hard

most of my play time is in weekends, I live away from family so I can get extended me time.

once in a while comes a game that can work in short session, I can play at night for like 30 minutes, use the PS4 suspend feature to get more play time out of it.

9.00 PM - 12.00 AM, after that my spouse taking over my computer 12.00 AM till 6.00 AM.

Just got a new job recently. Need to stayback quite often until late night, so I don't really have any mood to play sp story focused games. Will play mp games like fortnite or apex.

Haha, just be a man and play until 3am only head to sleep...

Usually play games on weekends, weekday too tired to play working until 6pm but go back to home at klang stuck at traffic jam for 1 to 2 hours, reach home take a bath then having dinner and chat with family before went to bed play some mobile games and that end a day for me.

Not good for your health...been there, done that.

Make sure you have at least 6 hours of sleep.

Your spouse dont sleep?

nope, later when sunshine baru tido. lol

Everyday... between 9.30 pm to 12.30 am.

Sleep is for the weak! Game on. Jokes aside, OP; you sleep surprisingly early. Maybe find an extra hour or two by sleeping at 11 or 12. Should be sufficient rest I think?

I'm family with kids. Play when my kids sleep only. If not the console is dead. LOL

Old PS4 gamer here. Trophy ranking stagnant liao. Still collecting special editions but only playing selected games to plat it.

Best way to juggle work and stuff, start investing enough so one day don't have to work and just live off your investments.

Otherwise its just the nights (or late nights if you can get by with less sleep) for you.

i am a married guy w/ one daughter (8yo).

office hour from 0730-1730hrs (mon-thu) and half-day on friday.

arrive home around 1745-1800hrs. sometime went for jogging for 30-45minutes. if i dont go for jogging, immediately play game.

1930hrs maghrib prayer then help my daughter with her homework and teach her recite quran.

usually around 2030hrs, can start play game already. at most up to 2230hrs. i start to feel sleepy after that. sleep time until 0615hrs.

during weekend, gaming time is quite long. usually after done with house chores/buy groceries/laundry work.

so far still manageable for me.

Which is why Nintendo Switch FTW. Play anywhere anytime, just put to sleep mode anytime, and continue next week from same spot without even need to save game.

I'm a working adult with a 1 year old , rarely do PC / Console games anymore these days. Mostly mobile games, during early hours 6.30am-8.00am or 10pm-12am when baby is sleeping haha.

play every day after dinner till 1am
saturday after lunch till late night
sunday play whole day

yea, still single and doing my best to stay away from obnoxious human crowds, so hiding back at home, putting on the headset and set into the land of FFXIV (recently hooked) is my best choice..

I have books to read, games to play, shows to watch. Gaming really depends on mood, sometimes you are into a certain titles, i can spend all the afterwork hours to play them. Usually these titles that really hook come far and in between. So mostly it just depends on mood. You don't have to play all the games in the world.

I get the most gaming time on Sundays. Yeap. Kids are at school, wife at the office. Ahh.. whole day to my self

Well TS, u can always divide day to play games in between. Maybe weekday u spend 2 night, eg. Wednesday n Friday for games. N the rest of the other days u can go sleep early, or do other things. Probability for u to finish one game took longer, but least u can still play. Or weekend u reedem urself n play games longer.

I was like you too. Now my daughter coming to 5 years old. Sleeping time fixed around 9pm. Once she's asleep, its my time because my wife usually go to sleep around the same time too or watch her drama. For the past 4 years, neglected my PC & PS3 with lots of unfinished games. Now beginning to have time to finish them but gatal-gatal go buy PS4 recently because beh tahan watching people play the new Uncharted.

This post has been edited by oucheev: Jul 11 2019, 02:33 PM

Haha.. High five. It's a good time to buy ps4 now with many offers below rm1k

I don't have too much extra to spend on consoles and PC games too these days.. Need to buy milk powder and pampers.. GGWP

Having kids...active social life (drinking with friends at pub...and trying to cram in exercise... almost makes it impossible to play games.

about 2 hours every night before going to sleep on weekdays.. weekends longer than that if i'm not out with friends or girlfriend.

1. Invest in Nintendo Switch. Buy Switch version of your fav PC game (if any) or just play Switch games. Sure, you'll have limited graphics but you still get to play them.

2. Invest in a portable gaming laptop. I bring my Alienware 14 with me to game during lunch and after office hours. And I usually balik lambat since balik awal will be jem anyway so I rather play games until a bit later and balik when the traffic is clearer.

3. Tido awal, bangun awal. I wake up at 4 every morning and plays games sometimes until about 6 then baru go to gym which is near my office and mandi at the gym before masuk office.

only spent 2-3 hours after back from work. weekend if free can play longer, if I don't get tired first.

Depend on the game. If single player game, anytime when it is available.. depends on mood also. Sometimes malas to play, use the time to watch movies instead.

If multiplayer.. kena set timing with the squad..
Standard 9:30-12 midnight.

Why sleep so early bro? Early shift?

My daily hours:
7.30am - go work
7.30pm or 8pm - reach home and cook
8.30pm - dinner at home
9pm - cleanup/wash dishes

2 hours afterwards i can either rest or play my console game.

I usually game from 10pm onwards.. It's almost always 1-2 hours of gaming time..

ayam usually.....
fuck. steam records shows ayam have not play anything since 30 sept.

wake up at 5am. Go work 6am. Finished work 6pm. Reach home depends on jam. I play both console and pc so my gaming time is from 9pm to like 11pm. Most of the time i remote play from office if i am done with my work.

been travelling alot these past few years, so my wife bought me a switch. usually play before bedtime 1 to 2 hrs..pc/console gaming during weekends when at home

Which is why i play Nintendo Switch.

juz bought a switch wt warriors orochi n played jz 30mins .. oh my weekend

After dinner around 8 pm to 10 pm, spend about 20 or 40 min gaming

During working hours

Usually 10:30 pm - 12am. After the kids asleep.

i work in another state and only come home on the weekends. i would spend the whole 2 days just wanking and playing games. as of late ive started to lose interest in gaming. new games just dont interest me anymore. bought a 9 new games last steam sale and only finished 2 singleplayer story. after that i just keep on playing 45 mins skirmish old RTS games.

10pm to 12am on weekday
9am to 5pm on weekend

The moment i feel like gaming and grab controller...

Ouch, I just wanna rest XD

Sad

Married with 2 wives and 4 kids. Working in shift 12 hours 4/4.
On working days memang x usik PS4 or PC. Kalau ada pon maybe maximum 2 hours gaming then sleep.
Bila cuti... dari bangun sampai malam playing... the best thing is both my wives xde complen pasal dah tau their husband memang gamer since kawin lagi... hahaha

Manage your time well. Married with three kids here, with two of them in school. Gaming on weekdays is a no go. That leaves only the weekends (morning usually) for gaming. Life's that. Gotta adapt.

WFH.... play game anything... unless boss call meeting.. lol~

Hey fellas!

I'm a father of a 4year old. work hours are 2-11MYT. I get up around 8ish to play until 11
ITS THE MOST PEACEFUL TIME, I tell you

Married with kids. Working 9 to 6, then dinner with kids, then kid's tv time, then 9.30pm put them to sleep, 10.30pm start wife TV time. Normally i play between 12.30am to 2.30am. '
Have to sacrifice sleep time for gaming. Averagely sleep around 5 hours will be good. sometimes average 4 hours only. 😭

If work in office, then play only on weekend or holidays.
If WFH, can play at night.

1-3 hours per day during weekdays, 2-8 hours per day during weekends

On weekdays.... i probably average 3-4 hours throughout the week.

Weekends depends on my schedule, maybe another 3-4 hours throughout the weekend. 6-8 hours if I am lucky and there's nothing on my plate.

Currently playing GTA: Vice City on Xbox, and Forza Motorsport 4 on Xbox 360.

I'm married with 2 kids. I woke up daily at 6am, prepares my kid to school (kindergarten, another kid study from home lol), send kid to school at 8am, then go workout and jogging. eat, sleep. 12pm pickup kid, then off to work. Come back from work at 6pm, lepak2 with kids, dinner, read book, then i start playing game usually from 9pm to 1 or 2am, depend on how tired i am that day. I only play game when my kids are asleep. Waifu usually watch her movie on her Ipad at that time

Hearing all your stories make me dowan kahwin & have kids. Im single, get up at 6am working 8am to 6pm, arrive home 7pm. Mandi makan then at 8.30 or 9 im free for my me time. But then again, laziness strike. I just stared at my ps4 for hours then just fall asleep lol

i'm looking back to some light gaming after shifting to new place.
growing blind playing homescapes.

what console should i buy?
cos my pc cannot support gaming after buying few games from steam and dont feel like upgrading it.

i got a switch. but hardly touch it.

When I have free time. Lately quite rarely, usually on weekends.