Extra-curricular activities - how do you do it?

[AnyDream]

Ok, so this is not exactly the same, but when DH was working away frequently, we faced a similar challenge, esp because I was also studying (adds in another layer of time juggle). What we did, instead of saying "I want to do x or y" and then looking at when that thing was on, we identified times in the week when we could create availability to get to things, and then looked at what activities were on during those times. For things like guides, there may be another group another suburb over that runs at a better time, also find out when Scouts/sea scouts/variants etc run. There may be other varieties of dance instead of ballet, including bush dancing, folk dancing, etc which runs in weekends. We also deliberately opted to include a single "late night" once a week in order to include an activity - best when this is a thurs or fri evening. As your DD gets a little older she will develop more stamina to be able to stay up that bit later, but when my DD was younger we restricted her to one activity a week, and added another in when she got older.

ETA check surrounding Little As as they often run on different days/nights too. And don't forget school holidays. DD1 has had exposure to lots of different activities through attending full-day holiday activities. It's not the same as doing something every week but it broadens their experiences & if there's something she develops a passion for you can look for specific pathways.