[@Rusalka]

 If you approach role playing and the guild as a hobby rather than another obligation than making it work with real life is quite simple. I personally have a fiancee, two kids, and another on the way as well as a full time job. I have other hobbies such as Warhammer 40K, playing video games, writing outside of the guild, and a few others. Balancing them is simple really. First of all, don't bite off more than you can chew. If some threads are moving too fast for you to manage or you simply have way to many threads going at once - back out of a few. There is no point in trying to keep up with 20 different threads when you can truly only manage 5 well. Me personally, I keep it to no more than five tops but prefer two or three. But all the threads I participate in have fairly reasonable schedules. My own personal D&D thread has about a 7 day wait period between posts. Another I participate in is 10 days. And the combat thread I am playing in is about every four to five days. I think that is how you manage. Look at it as a hobby, so you will get to it w hen you get to it. And make sure everyone is on the same page. Let them know you can only post once a week and most people will be understanding.