Re:You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make
by madamelic on Thursday February 14, 2019 @01:49PM
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>I can manage about 3-4 hours of concentrated problem-solving a day at work.
>In the evenings I sometimes don't have enough mental energy
Here's my solution: Take your most valuable hours for yourself. Work in the morning and sell your less valuable hours. Is your employer going to notice? Extremely likely not.
I am sure your job isn't just heads-down code monkey and involves meetings and other planning that aren't as draining.
Re:You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make
by haswell on Thursday February 14, 2019 @02:29PM
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> Meetings and other planning that aren't as draining
These are generally the MOST draining activities.
Re:You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make
by glitchc on Thursday February 14, 2019 @02:00PM
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Different people will either admit your truth or prefer to remain in denial. We all only have a finite amount of energy every day. The best is when that energy peaks, so it goes to whatever we’re doing at that time. Other competing tasks will get shortchanged, no matter how skilled you think you are at compartmentalizing, time management, etc. Something always has to give.
In the evenings I sometimes don't have enough mental energy to even decide what dinner to cook, let alone work on side projects, so I do most of that on weekends "for fun." Personally, I can't imagine trying to monetize that - I'd burn out way too fast.
Different people are different, though.