How to make time for a side hustle

Presented at WordCamp San Diego 2017. How to wrangle your schedule and manage your time to make time to work on a side project.

Transcript

1. SIDE HUSTLE
   HOW TO MAKE TIME FOR A
   @NATALIEMAC • WCSD 2017
   

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2. TIME
   MYTHS ABOUT
   

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3. MY SAD PAST
   

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4. 3 EASY STEPS
   

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5. 1. PRIORITIES
   

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6. 2. SELF CARE
   

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7. 3. OPTIMIZE
   

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8. PRIORITIES
   SET THE RIGHT
   1.
   

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9. STOP DOING?
   WHAT CAN YOU
   

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10. “THE MORE YOU
    TRY TO DO, THE
    LESS YOU
    ACTUALLY
    ACCOMPLISH”
    - COVEY & MCCHESNEY
    

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11. WILDLY
    FOCUS ON THE
    IMPORTANT
    

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12. WHAT MATTERS
    GETTING CLARITY ABOUT
    MAKES IT CLEAR WHAT DOES NOT
    

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13. I DON’T HAVE
    TIME FOR THAT
    

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14. THAT’S NOT A
    PRIORITY FOR
    ME RIGHT NOW
    

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15. “YOU HAVE TIME
    TO DO
    ANYTHING —
    JUST NOT
    EVERYTHING”
    - DAVID ALLEN
    

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16. HOW TO SAY NO
    1. AFFIRM THE RELATIONSHIP
    2. SAY THANK YOU
    3. CLEARLY AND FIRMLY DECLINE
    4. KEEP THE REASON AMBIGUOUS
    

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17. September 28, 1956
    Dear Mr. Adams,
    Thanks for your letter inviting me
    to join the committee of the Arts
    and Sciences for Eisenhower.
    I must decline, for secret reasons.
    Sincerely,
    E.B.White
    

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18. SELF CARE
    PRACTICE IMMACULATE
    2.
    

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19. I’M TOO BUSY
    WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY
    

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20. BURNOUT
    YOU CAN’T PUSH THROUGH
    

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21. – TIM KREIDER
    “Idleness is not just a vacation,
    an indulgence or a vice; it is as
    indispensable to the brain as
    vitamin D is to the body, and
    deprived of it we suffer a mental
    affliction as disfiguring as
    rickets…it is, paradoxically,
    necessary to getting any work
    done.”
    

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22. ROUTINES
    AND RITUALS
    

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23. MY SHINING DAY
    LUNCH
    9:00
    9:30
    10:00
    10:30
    11:00
    11:30
    12:00
    12:30
    2:00
    2:30
    3:00
    3:30
    4:00
    4:30
    5:00
    5:30
    DRINK 8 GLASSES OF WATER
    SCHEDULE
    NOTES
    MOST IMPORTANT TASKS
    DAILY INSPIRATION
    THINGS TO DO EVERYDAY
    LEARN SOMETHING NEW
    CONNECT WITH OTHERS
    EAT SOMETHING GREEN
    MEDITATE
    MAKE OR CREATE SOMETHING
    MOVE MY BODY
    

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24. MORNING ROUTINE
    MUG OF WARM WATER
    WRITE MORNING PAGES
    EAT A HEALTHY BREAKFAST
    SHOWER & GET DRESSED
    MEDITATE
    MOVE MY BODY
    PLAN MY DAY
    BEDTIME ROUTINE
    HOT DRINK & GOAL REVIEW
    COOL DOWN THE BEDROOM
    PUT ON PAJAMAS
    WASH FACE
    FLOSS AND BRUSH TEETH
    MOISTURIZE
    BED YOGA
    READ
    

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25. MEDITATE
    PRODUCTIVELY
    

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26. OPTIMIZE
    YOUR PRODUCTIVITY
    3.
    

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27. 168 HOURS
    

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28. YOUR WEEK
    INVENTORY
    YES, ALL 168 HOURS
    

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29. A PLAN
    ALWAYS HAVE
    DAY, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR
    

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30. LEAD MEASURES
    ACT ON
    

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31. SCOREBOARD
    KEEP A COMPELLING
    

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32. Jan 1
    Jan 8
    Jan 15
    Jan 22
    Jan 29
    Feb 5
    Feb 12
    Feb 19
    Feb 26
    Mar 5
    Mar 12
    Mar 19
    Mar 26
    Apr 2
    Apr 9
    Apr 16
    Apr 23
    Apr 30
    May 7
    May 14
    May 21
    May 28
    Jun 4
    Jun 11
    Jun 18
    Jun 25
    Jul 2
    Jul 9
    Jul 16
    Jul 23
    Jul 30
    Aug 6
    

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33. SCHEDULE
    EVERY MINUTE OF YOUR DAY
    

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34. LUNCH
    9:00
    9:30
    10:00
    10:30
    11:00
    11:30
    12:00
    12:30
    2:00
    2:30
    3:00
    3:30
    4:00
    4:30
    5:00
    5:30
    SCHEDULE MOST IMPORTANT
    DAILY INSPIRAT
    THINGS TO DO EVE
    LEARN SOMETHIN
    CONNECT WITH O
    

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35. WHAT’S EASY
    WITHOUT A PLAN, WE DEFAULT TO
    

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36. SCHEDULE
    CREATE A FIXED
    

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37. APPOINTMENTS
    SCHEDULE
    WITH YOURSELF
    

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38. WILD DONKEY
    RIDE YOUR
    

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39. EMAIL
    BE THE BOSS OF YOUR
    

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40. SOCIAL MEDIA
    QUIT
    

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41. FOCUS
    TAKE BREAKS FROM
    INSTEAD OF FROM DISTRACTION
    

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42. CHALLENGE
    YOURSELF
    

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43. THREE STEPS
    1. SET YOUR PRIORITIES
    2.PRACTICE IMMACULATE
    SELF CARE
    3.OPTIMIZE YOUR
    PRODUCTIVITY
    

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44. THANK YOU
    

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45. SOURCES
    • DEEP WORK by Cal Newport http://calnewport.com/books/deep-work/
    • THE PROFITABLE SIDE PROJECT HANDBOOK by
    Rachel Andrew https://rachelandrew.co.uk/books/the-profitable-side-project
    • THE 4 DISCIPLINES OF EXECUTION by Chris
    McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling

    http://the4disciplinesofexecution.com/
    • SLOW THE F*CK DOWN by Eric Karjaluoto

    http://blog.officehours.io/slow-the-fuck-down/
    • HOW TO SAY NO GRACEFULLY by Greg McKeown
    http://gregmckeown.com/blog/how-to-say-no-gracefully/
    

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