Alright so you’re alone on Valentines Day. I know it’s rough and we both know you’re ego can’t handle another candle light dinner in front of your blow up doll, right?. Well if you’re like me, you’re a family guy and you want to spend these Great, Completely Legitimate holidays with family.

Well since we know the odds of getting married and having a kid before Valentines Day are a gazillion to 1 and it’s too much of a hassle to rescue/adopt a starving kid from a 3rd world country we can look forward to buying a robo baby. Yes those Japanese Scientists are at it again. Now we can substitute genuine love and affection with microchips and electrodes just by swiping our credit cards. Yay!!!

And who knows maybe your lifeless, soulless, barely passable excuse for child will garner some pity from a hottie.

I just spent the last 10 min blowing up this ball. How am I supposed to have the energy to do sit ups on it now?

Break time!

No, I haven’t seen the movie, although I hear it’s good.

I just decided it was time to come up with a list of things I’d like to do before I die and then for no good reason share it with everyone. These are in no particular order and I’ll be updating it periodically.

I’m sure I’ll be adding some new things as I think of them.

What are some things you would like to accomplish, places you’d like to go or people you’d like to meet before you kick it.

How do you have time for it all?

This is a question I tend to get a lot and it’s because I appear to stretch myself very thin. I work full time for Neal Advertising which results in 40+ hours on average per week; I am a professor at Johnson & Wales which includes teaching, grading, running clubs, counseling students and meetings. I co-own a freelance web development firm called Seed Seven. I’m in the process of developing a blogging community called WFABI and I run this website. Not to mention conferences, rss feeds, magazine articles, twitter and other social sites. These jobs and responsibilities don’t even include my personal life.

At home I’m a Dad, a husband, a homeowner, a handyman and dog walker. My son is 10 months old and he is fantastic but he’s also a lot of work. So how do I get it all done?

Well first off I don’t get a lot of sleep. As I write this I see the time is getting closer and closer to midnight. I’m probably going to hit the sack around 2 am tonight. As much as I like to avoid working late I still do it because I enjoy it. The web industry is very unique and I think that web professionals are a special breed. We continue to strive to improve our selves in an ever changing industry. The technologies change more frequently then in the medical industry. As a web professional slowing down leaves you at risk of being left behind.

The second piece of the puzzle is setting priorities. My priorities dictate exactly what I’ll accomplish on a daily, weekly and annual basis. It’s very important to take the time to sit down and evaluate everything you need and want to accomplish and then literally list them in order of importance. By doing this I’m able to logically and accurately decide on what to do and how long to spend on it. The highest item on that list is being a father and husband. I tend to my families needs first after that is my full time job at Neal Adv and so on down the list. This may sound extremely anal but I even add tv, and video games to the list. It really helps me make the choice between going back to work or playing Star Wars Unleashed on the Wii.

As a web professional I have to find the time to continually improve my skills, contribute to the community and learn from other professionals. At the same time I have to make time for my family and private life. It’s very hard to do it but setting priorities is a great way to accomplish that goal.

How do you find time to accomplish all of your goals?