I wonder if you slept more and worked on the weekends if you would come out ahead.
My personal schedule,
6:00am - wakeup
6:45am - start on sideprojects
8:45am - head to work
6:00pm - leave work
6-10pm - dinner, family
10:00pm - to bed
That gives you 10 hours Monday - Friday. Put in another 6 on each of Saturday and Sunday (relatively easy to do in 3 hours segments while also having time with your family) and you have 22 hours a week of side project time, that's a lot.
You also have 8 hours of sleep a night. That makes the rest of your time more productive (both at work and on your side project). You also won't be killing yourself and your family ultimately needs you down the road.
I also like that afterwork I'm 'off'. I basically say from the time I get home from work until bed, I don't work on anything. Your family won't miss you at 5am while they are sleeping, but they will miss you at 8pm when they want to hang out.
It's not about maximizing the number of hours you work, it is about maximizing output. More sleep means the same output in less time, and it is worth it.
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I wonder if you slept more and worked on the weekends if you would come out ahead.
My personal schedule,
6:00am - wakeup 6:45am - start on sideprojects 8:45am - head to work 6:00pm - leave work 6-10pm - dinner, family 10:00pm - to bed
That gives you 10 hours Monday - Friday. Put in another 6 on each of Saturday and Sunday (relatively easy to do in 3 hours segments while also having time with your family) and you have 22 hours a week of side project time, that's a lot.
You also have 8 hours of sleep a night. That makes the rest of your time more productive (both at work and on your side project). You also won't be killing yourself and your family ultimately needs you down the road.
I also like that afterwork I'm 'off'. I basically say from the time I get home from work until bed, I don't work on anything. Your family won't miss you at 5am while they are sleeping, but they will miss you at 8pm when they want to hang out.
It's not about maximizing the number of hours you work, it is about maximizing output. More sleep means the same output in less time, and it is worth it.