Ha!  Your comment speaks to me.<p>I too had a revelation after my second child and took a different turn in my career.  And I enjoyed the Longfellow quote too.<p>I think I never knew what busy was before kids.<p>Can&#x27;t really help with the productivity issues, other than to counsel compassion for yourself and urge you to remember it is a marathon.  I always think of career effort as spinning a flywheel (any effort really).<p>Authors you might like to check out that talk about habits and productivity:<p>Amy Hoy
Gretchen Rubin
Charles Duhigg