I am facing that challenge myself this year, as I am actively trying to quit my job to live my dream job. Here are some techniques that I use:
- Make more time
- Know my daily priority
- Steal some time back from work
Make more time
I have decided to wake up early to create more time to develop my personal projects. I have found that if I give myself 2 to 3 hours in the morning, I can make significant steps towards my goal. This means waking up between 4 am and 5 am.
Know my daily priority
If I am not able to wake up so early (it happens often, trust me), I must define clearly my priority. In my case, my priority is to get 2-3 hours of writing done a day. If I wasn't able to wake up in the morning, that means I'll have to skip the gym. It sucks for my health goal, but I have something more important to do.
Steal some time back from your work
There are a lot of little tasks to do to move forward on my project that don't require a lot of creative energy or time. For example: send an email, do a little bit of research to check some facts, set up an adsense account, etc. I find that I steal a few minutes here and there to accomplish these tasks.
I hope my boss never reads this!!
