We don’t have children, but we do have a summer cabin that we’re renovating, a small puppy that wants to go outside at least thrice a day and we’re both freelance entrepreneurs. Time i get to spend with my synths has diminished a lot from the times I was a single guy.
It doesn’t really help either that my synths are a kilometer away at our studio. I never seem to have time to go there anymore. If I had them at home I could use any spare 15 minutes with my synths, now I need to ”take special studio time” to get there. Luckily I have the Digitakt and iPad-synths that I take everywhere with me. Just today me and my oldest friend drank a few beers at our summer cabin and sampled beer bottles and cans, made a beat out of it and had tons of fun.
After turning 40 you have to take every little free moment you can get and savour it. I no longer have any pretensions of being a recording artist or professional musician. I’m not going to make a living out of this. Those times are long behind me, but I just enjoy fooling around with my gear now and then.