What advice do you have for a dad balancing between wife, son & project oriented work?

As asked! Please share your life experiences. My father wasn’t present in my life, so I never got to see the balancing act. But believe I’m a highly driven individual, just need some help fine tuning the balance between project oriented work and family.

(Projects like art, music, literature)

I’m currently struggling at networking, (or plainly wanting to go out and build friendships with like minded individuals for instance at art galleries etc. My son is 2 years old, and I’d rather stay in with him, is there a point and time where you all of a sudden, “turned it on?”)