WEBVTT - Make time for a side hustle

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>This week we've been talking about lots of money related topics.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about how to make time for a

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<v Speaker 1>side hustle. A side hustle is something you do to

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<v Speaker 1>make money on the side, meaning in addition to your

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<v Speaker 1>day job. People do this for lots of reasons. Me

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of people could use more cash, but a side

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<v Speaker 1>hustle can also be a way to pursue a passion

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<v Speaker 1>or use skills that don't fit so neatly into a

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<v Speaker 1>salaried benefit providing box. If you're interested in the wide

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<v Speaker 1>variety of side hustles out there, be sure to check

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<v Speaker 1>out the podcast Side Hustlers with my friend Carla Marie

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<v Speaker 1>or Side Hustle School, hosted by my friend Chris Gulabo.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris also has a new book out called a Hundred

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<v Speaker 1>Side Hustles, which is filled with inspirational ideas. People lead

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<v Speaker 1>scooter tours, urban hikes, They create morning routine journals, or

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<v Speaker 1>even saddles for pet chickens. Seriously, if you put your

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<v Speaker 1>mind to it, I'm sure you can come up with

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<v Speaker 1>something you are interested in that somebody is willing to

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<v Speaker 1>pay for. But then once you've got the idea, this

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<v Speaker 1>leads to a question that's relevant for this podcast. When

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<v Speaker 1>are you going to find the time? The honest truth

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<v Speaker 1>is that you're never going to find the time. You

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<v Speaker 1>have to make the time. But in a hundred sixty

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<v Speaker 1>eight hours a week, there is definitely time to build

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<v Speaker 1>a side hustle in addition to your nine to five.

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<v Speaker 1>This is true even if you have a family or

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<v Speaker 1>other responsibilities. The first step, and this is always the

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<v Speaker 1>first step, is to track your time. You want to

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<v Speaker 1>get a really good sense of the rhythms of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>When do you usually wake up, When do you leave

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<v Speaker 1>for work, When do you get home? What do you

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<v Speaker 1>do then? What do you do after your kids go

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<v Speaker 1>to bed? What do you do on weekends? What time

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<v Speaker 1>do you wake up? And what has to happen and

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<v Speaker 1>what doesn't. Then you need to figure out how much

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<v Speaker 1>time would be reasonable to devote to your side hustle.

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<v Speaker 1>The good news here is that you don't need to

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<v Speaker 1>find forty hours a week. Then it would basically be

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<v Speaker 1>your main job. Chris tells me that the amount of

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<v Speaker 1>time people spend on their side hustle varies widely by

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<v Speaker 1>the project and the person, but generally, he says, consistent

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<v Speaker 1>effort on the right things, even in small chunks, can

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<v Speaker 1>go a long way towards boosting those odds of success.

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<v Speaker 1>Even twenty minutes a day with the plan and mind

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<v Speaker 1>in advance, combined with half a weekend day, can be

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<v Speaker 1>enough in the long run. As he studied the schedules

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<v Speaker 1>of people who have written into him, he's found that

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<v Speaker 1>it's common for people who work full time to spend

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<v Speaker 1>about an hour or so a day on their projects

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<v Speaker 1>Monday to Thursday, and then maybe a little more time

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<v Speaker 1>on the weekends. If you can consistently find seven hours

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<v Speaker 1>a week, you'll be in good company. So look at

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<v Speaker 1>your schedule considering the whole of your week, then think

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<v Speaker 1>about your energy levels and logistics. For many people with

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<v Speaker 1>jobs and families, early mornings are good side hustle time.

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<v Speaker 1>Turn off the TV a bit earlier at night, go

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<v Speaker 1>to bed earlier, and wake up an hour earlier than

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<v Speaker 1>you might four days a week. Use those four hours

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<v Speaker 1>to move your project forward. Of course, if your kids

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<v Speaker 1>wake up at the crack of dawn, or you're not

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<v Speaker 1>a morning person, then early mornings might not work for you.

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<v Speaker 1>One option is to choose one evening to go somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>like a coffee shop or the library. You might be

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<v Speaker 1>able to work from six to ten pm on your business.

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<v Speaker 1>And yes, that's going to feel like a really long

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<v Speaker 1>day on top of your regular job, and you might

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<v Speaker 1>need extra kid coverage, but it's only one day a week.

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<v Speaker 1>You can power through knowing you can then relax on

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<v Speaker 1>your other evenings. Weekends are always an option, and if

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<v Speaker 1>your side hustling, working on weekends is somewhat inevitable, but

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<v Speaker 1>you can do it with an eye toward preserving family

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<v Speaker 1>or leisure time even as you're getting stuff done. A

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<v Speaker 1>great option is to choose one weekend morning to get

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<v Speaker 1>up early, basically as if it were a week day.

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<v Speaker 1>You can get a ton done between six and nine am.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got teenagers, this is basically time that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>even exist to them. You can still have time to

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<v Speaker 1>relax or get a workout in before anyone starts stirring.

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<v Speaker 1>With littler kids, you might opt to use mid afternoon

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<v Speaker 1>nap time or quiet time for your side hustle, or

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<v Speaker 1>if you're co parenting with someone, you might reach an

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<v Speaker 1>agreement on coverage. But in any case, if you worked

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<v Speaker 1>four hours on Tuesday nights and three hours on Saturday mornings,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd be devoting seven hours a week to your side hustle,

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<v Speaker 1>even though you're only really stretching your schedule two days

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<v Speaker 1>a week. Of course, with a limited time frame like that,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very important to be intentional with your side hustle hours.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to focus on what best moves the business forward,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than spending all seven hours answering emails. But there

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<v Speaker 1>are a hundred sixty eight hours in a week. If

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<v Speaker 1>you work forty and sleep eight hours a night, so

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<v Speaker 1>fifty six per week, that leaves seventy two hours for

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<v Speaker 1>other things. Devoting seven to a side hustle still leave

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<v Speaker 1>space for the rest of life. If it's important to you,

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<v Speaker 1>it's definitely doable. If you've got a side hustle, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>love to hear when you make it happen. You can

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<v Speaker 1>email me at Before Breakfast podcast at i heeart media

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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<v Speaker 1>your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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