Life As I knew in My Audio World Has Ended, Help

My big rig is in the living room which is often taken over by kids, couch surfers, s.o. vegging out with the TV and so on. I don't think I get more than ten or twelve hours a month with it. But wow, when I do get in some listening time it's a treat !

I have a few other systems I play with and enjoy when I can't get time with the main one. There's one in the bedroom, one at work, one in my home office with the computer as source, one at the cottage. They don't reveal the music the way the big one does but they do not only provide audiophile play ( boy, do I have upgrade plans... ) but also even provide good musical moments.

Then too, there are days with no listening at all. I'm glad I have other passions.

Almost any day, I can at least put something on the bedroom system and let it play me a lullaby.

Maybe late afternoon will work out for you.

Thanks to all the "sensible" responses. To the rest of you, maybe this was isn't the most mainstream question but,
1. I'm not asking for advice how to schedule my day even though it might come across that way.
2. IPOD or the car is not a subsitute for a rig one has spent thousands on.
3. Addicted to music? How about it's a hobby and was part of a very enjoyable routine. So happens that hour I had to listen, also helped me recouperate from my workout and get me ready for a hard day at work. So I had multiple benefits.
4. I didn't spend tons on cd's to let them sit idle.
5. If music wasn't a big part of our lives why are we on this site talking about the gear we have spent small fortunes on? I didn't take years to build my system for it to be furniture. Maybe I shouldn't have posted but some of these rude responses were even dumber. I'll settle in to this new "routine" and hopefully find some time that's adequate. Later.

The US is arse about face, we have all the luxuries that our EU brethren can only dream about, but we generally have not a lot of time to enjoy our hobbies. In the EU the workers have the time, but not the money. This is really just a 'general' observation and obviously not true of everybody here or there.
SUV's here are driven by the masses. How many in the UK have and can afford an SUV? Prince Charles and Madonna?.

As Miss piggy once said 'make time'.

09-08-08: Mrtennis

"if we are so addicted to listening to music , it is a drug and no longer a source of enjoyment."
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Mrtennis,the man asked for some type of logical response and you surely gave him one. (NOT) 8^(

Addiction: compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming "substance" (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful...8^(

Hobby: a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in "especially for relaxation"...8^)

A lot of us have very busy lives and extremely tight schedules. But only you can set your priorities. Since you've asked for advice, though, I can tell you that my own solution for music-listening time involves avoiding television in the evening and most other times as well. This allows me time to practice the instruments I play (morning) and time to listen (late evening).

You can always Tivo shows that you want to watch at some point. Seems to me that there's nothing urgent about TV, since 95 percent of broadcast TV is nonsense and vulgarity aimed at fools or dupes. IMHO. But if I don't get to listen to good music daily, that's a big problem for me. If you are a television viewer, ask yourself whether you enjoy that as much as listening to music.