Growing a business around a 9-to-5 job is a constant juggle.
I am making it work by protecting a non-negotiable time slot each day and treating it like a work commitment because the same principle applies - if I don’t work I don’t get paid either in my business or my 9-to-5!
My time is 8:30pm. Everyone's in bed, the house is quiet, and this is the time I know I can work on my business. I do have a trick to actually get me started because it is an effort at times, I get up at 4:45am to exercise before work (and the kids wake up) then go to work and come home and spend time with the kids, there isn’t a whole lot of brain power left!
So to trick myself into thinking I’m not ‘working’ I put on a movie, it makes it feel like down time even though I often have no clue what is going on in it so have started rewatching movies I have already seen as then I don’t care 😂 (yes, I know this sounds nuts but it works for me!)
The structure works for me, it is not often that I don’t use this slot of time each day. It doesn’t have to be long, I have my dashboard to keep me on track with what I’m doing and it’s kept me consistent.
What's your version of this? Do you have a set time that's just yours? Or are you still figuring out when to fit it all in? 👇