If I had a regular job, I would be doing what ever I could possibly do if the situation was even there to try and get some of my job as "working from home" vs. needing to be at the office.
This is exactly what I did. Negotiated four days a week working from home + a flexible schedule (so I didn't even have to be available between 9-5). Then, as I was efficient, I would get most of my work done and one day at home + my one day in the office - leaving the rest of my time to use as I wished. My boss was happy with the amount and quality of work that I got done and this arrangement worked well for years. Before that, I used to work on my own projects before my day job started, when on the train, on my lunch breaks and also at night after my family went to sleep.
I woke up at 4-5 am for about 2 months. It was hard. Even after doing it for so long, it was hard to keep consistent with my social life (I would often stay up to 2AM on the weekends.).
It's about priorities. Your social life isn't just keeping you up until 2am on weekends, it also makes it hard for you to do anything the next day as well (assuming you've been out drinking). Think about it, from 6pm Friday to 2am Saturday is 8 hours you could spend on your business. Then you could work from 10am to 6pm on Saturday (another 8 hours), then maybe go out for a few quiet ones with friends and have a day off on Sunday if you're into that.
We all have the same 24 hours in a day. I used to be like you and use them to complain about not having enough time.
Nowadays, I just do the work.
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