#2 Don’t agonize over the losses
I spent the final 40 months of my life writing on the web alongside my day job.
Why? I’ll clarify.
It’s no small feat agreeing to your self that you’ll decide to your craft, come rain or shine, alongside your full-time gig.
However it’s a worthy trigger for one factor and one factor solely, you are striving to do nice work.
“Your work goes to fill a big a part of your life, and the one option to be really glad is to do what you imagine is nice work.” — Steve Jobs
I’ve labored as a part-time creator for the final three years, extra significantly within the final 12 months. These are the 4 habits I see resulting in highly effective outcomes for part-time creators.
Many individuals fall sufferer to the identical lofty concepts that get them caught. As an alternative of aiming for $100 this month, they go for $10,000 and discover themselves upset with their endeavors.
The difficulty is, the concept of freedom, autonomy, and dwelling a life in your phrases sounds so interesting as a result of it’s at odds with their life now.
I’ve been there. Once I was determined to depart my 9-to-5 I made all of the unsuitable decisions. I attempted something and every part that may make me fast cash.
Desperation clouded my decision-making.
It was solely when I discovered a profession I preferred did I begin making steps that may set me up for fulfillment part-time — as a result of I wasn’t attempting to flee my fast ache.
No one talks about this and I’m undecided why.
One of the simplest ways to construct a sustainable part-time creator profession is to love what you do for a dwelling. It’s to take pleasure in your job and your work.
It makes for higher creativity, much less stress, and extra pleasure.
Not solely will you truly get to the place you wish to be, you’ll benefit from the pursuit and the vacation spot. As an alternative of desperately attempting to earn money on the aspect to flee your 9-to-5 solely to…
