How Long Are Your Days? Options

[Saffy]

I'm not sure if there's a topic on this issue or not, but if there is it's probably very old so whatever.

How long does a typical day in Harvest Moon or Rune Factory last for you? Do you try to rush through you days doing only what is necessary? Or do you make sure you put every bit of effort you can into each day to make it completely worthwhile?

I find my days tend to last between 20 and 30 minutes. I can usually get through two or three days an hour, which is why the games take forever for me to do. I realize I'm probably doing too much in my days and could be rushing, but to me I'm always fixed on needing to get more done. I suppose this is the result of poorer experiences when I first got into Harvest Moon and would rush through more of my days only to accomplish little. But I believe I'm taking it a bit too far and am instead not actually getting anywhere in the game.

So I'd like to start speeding up my days. Aside from just doing the basics, are there any suggestions?

[Toaster Boy]

I'll give you an example of MM:

I wake up and water my crops, while sometimes fishing something for my dog and or pig to eat. Then I gave a gift to someone/some people depending on what I needed. (IE: Befriending Woody for a level three house) After I finished that, I would either fish or go mining for awhile and deposit them in the shipping bin. Usually around then it's 6 game time and that's when I'm out of stamina and go to bed.

When you add in animals, they just cut down on my mining/fishing time.