Back when I had a corporate job where I was expected to be at the office between 7:30 AM and 8 AM Monday-Friday, I went out 3-4 nights per week to bars, nightclubs, and social events. Most of the rest of the nights I spent either taking new girls out onto dates or spending time with current girlfriends.
You just follow a few rules and you are fine:
- Shower BEFORE you go out, not after
- No more than two drinks on work nights
- 11 - 11:30 PM is your "last call to pull" time
- No matter what you are outta there by 12 AM. Take a few shots at girls on the street as you're leaving if you didn't pull from the venue
- If you pull, you must be fucking the girl by 1:30 AM, otherwise if you can't break LMR you tell her "sorry I've gotta sleep now." If she stays over try again in the morning before you go to work
- Otherwise, if you do not pull, you are in bed by 1 AM at the latest
- Non-bar/club worknights, you do even earlier -- date starts as early as the girl is available (6:30 or 7 PM), aim to pull by 9:15 PM at the latest (remember she has work tomorrow too and will bounce if you go too late), asleep by 11:30 PM at the latest; or if seeing a girlfriend bang her out and have dinner and in bed falling asleep by 11 PM
Just don't get into the habit of trying to write field reports after you get home on week nights or talking to guys on forums to decompress, because that is how you find yourself going, "Ah shit, I got home at 12:30 and didn't even pull but now it's 4 AM and I have to be up in 3 hours!"
Save the field report writing / forum stuff for during the day or on weekends.
No goofing off when you get back from the club on weeknights -- just straight to bed.
Chase