​I often post about my wins with Claude Code or the progress on my book project, but there’s one part of the equation I haven’t touched on yet: Time. ​I’m lucky enough to be able to build a little during my work hours, but my primary focus is still being a Finance Manager. The real work happens when the house is finally quiet. ​But here is the reality: I have a 3-year-old and a 9-month-old. ​If you’ve been there, you know. My "second shift" starts after they are tucked in, but it’s always a gamble. Especially with a 9-month-old—you never really know how the night is going to go or how many times you’ll be woken up. ​The Internal Conflict: I’m a natural "A-person." I love waking up early and feeling fresh. But to get anything done on my private projects, I often have to push late into the night. ​I’m constantly trying to balance three things that all feel non-negotiable: ​Family Time: This is my fuel. I refuse to sacrifice being present with my kids. ​Sleep: As an early riser, I need sleep to function as a Finance Manager and a dad. ​Development: I have a deep drive to learn, build, and move my projects forward. ​The truth? Most days, it feels like I can only pick two. ​If I work late on a website or an automation, I’m a zombie the next morning. If I go to bed early to be a "good dad" at 6:00 AM, my projects stand still, which frustrates me. It’s a constant puzzle of trying to be "efficiently lazy" with the few hours I actually have. ​I don’t have a "5-step master plan" for this. I’m just navigating it one night at a time—sometimes winning, sometimes just trying to stay awake during a meeting. ​How do you guys balance this? For those of you with young kids, demanding jobs, and big goals—how do you find the space to create without burning out or missing the "golden years" with your family? ​I’m curious to hear how you prioritize when everything feels equally important. 👇

Built AI versions of 15 of my favorite creators over the last 3 months. Mostly for myself. Yesterday someone asked me how. Today a few more people did. So here's the entire blueprint, free. Pick any YouTube channel. Run Claude Code. Paste one message. Wait 30 minutes. You now have an AI tutor that's read every video on that channel and can answer questions like the creator would. Hormozi-bot for pricing. VanClief-bot for whatever you've been meaning to ask Jake at 2am(Spoiler Alert: this happens a LOT). Your favorite teacher, on tap. Repo: https://github.com/aaronb458/youtube-tutor-template Free version runs on your laptop. Paid version (~$5-10/mo, with $200 in free Deepgram credits to start) lives in the cloud and plugs into Claude.ai as a permanent tool. Both versions are walked through end-to-end by Claude itself — you don't need to know what an API key is, what a database is, or what "deploy" means. You click links. You paste things back. That's it. Posting it here because @Jake Van Clief's content rewired how I think about creative + business + software being one unified system. The only way I know how to repay that is to make sure people in this community can mainline it the same way. Try it. Break it. Tell me what's confusing. I'll fix it.

What does everyone else have planned to accomplish this next week? I figured sharing with each other would provide some accountability and even some support. - I set up my company LinkedIn page today so this week I want to create a posting schedule with topics for the next 3 months and create a first post - Follow up on 3 leads with the goal of seeing up an AI Readiness Audit - Generate the remaining templates needed for my folder architecture - Continue working on the Chrome extension I promised my wife. (Got it started on Friday)