Think bigger.
If your monday-friday sucks, replace all of it.
Bust a$$ at first, get your business to "independent" levels, then be free, set your goals to scaling up after that.
Celebrate after each time you bump up a level (only after level 1, anything before is false hope) Obviously not a hard and fast rule but I feel like it sorta works like this:
level 0: working a job (no freedom, little money, little time)
level 1: got a business going as well (little freedom, no money, no time)
level 2: no job, working on business full time (more freedom, little money, little time)
level 3: scaling business and buying back time (more freedom, some money, some time)
level 4: aftermath of the scaling up (tons of freedom, tons of money, tons of time)
Notice for a period you have to hold your breath. You go backwards with time and money for a minute (usually). But once you've had any success in business you don't care at all about that natural progression of an idea or business model. Once you're through you realize the ratio of "suffer" to "heaven" is like 1:50.
If you think "pfftt, I work a job and make tons of money. I make a hundred grand a year I'm not at level 0"...imagine what you're making your company. You don't make much. The game starts when you own it. You're just passing go collecting your $200, never building houses or hotels. By no means am I a big dog compared to some people on this forum. But you need to think bigger! Bigger than just "a blog".
If your monday-friday sucks, replace all of it.
Bust a$$ at first, get your business to "independent" levels, then be free, set your goals to scaling up after that.
Celebrate after each time you bump up a level (only after level 1, anything before is false hope) Obviously not a hard and fast rule but I feel like it sorta works like this:
level 0: working a job (no freedom, little money, little time)
level 1: got a business going as well (little freedom, no money, no time)
level 2: no job, working on business full time (more freedom, little money, little time)
level 3: scaling business and buying back time (more freedom, some money, some time)
level 4: aftermath of the scaling up (tons of freedom, tons of money, tons of time)
Notice for a period you have to hold your breath. You go backwards with time and money for a minute (usually). But once you've had any success in business you don't care at all about that natural progression of an idea or business model. Once you're through you realize the ratio of "suffer" to "heaven" is like 1:50.
If you think "pfftt, I work a job and make tons of money. I make a hundred grand a year I'm not at level 0"...imagine what you're making your company. You don't make much. The game starts when you own it. You're just passing go collecting your $200, never building houses or hotels. By no means am I a big dog compared to some people on this forum. But you need to think bigger! Bigger than just "a blog".