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Hi, im in a bit of impass. Im in a stiuation where its hard do daily activities, even thinking for most of the day. I get about 3 hours where im not exhausted a day. Is there an idea or a side hustle or something that can help me generate an income based on my verry limited thinking/energy window?
I do not yet know whats causing this condition and the medics in my country arent any help.
I was in a similar position for about 4 years. Doctors didn't offer me any help, either. So I've done a lot of thinking about it.
Do you have the basics covered? A roof over your head, food to eat, etc.? Or does this need to start making money for you now?
Assuming that you have the basics covered to at least give you a runway, here are a couple of ways to look at it...
Time Calculation Angle
- 3 hours a day is 15 hours a week. That's 780 hours in a year. Let's just round it to 800 to make the math easy
- Any type of business that anyone builds is going to take some block of hours to create.
- Whereas someone else working 40 hours might put in their 800 hours in 20 weeks, it might take you a year to do it.
- But take into consideration that a lot of people who supposedly put in an 8-hour day only get about 3-4 hours of focused work anyway. The rest is often wasted effort or procrastinating or action faking. So assuming that you actually did 3 hours of stuff that moves the needle, you could potentially even out-execute that person who is putting in 40-hour weeks but just "playing around." You have a situation that's prodding you to take your 3 hours more seriously than the average person. So you shouldn't put it past possibility that you can genuinely do something legitimate in those 3 hours.
- You might get there slower, but you'd still eventually reach it.
Looking at it a different way...
"It's not that different" angle
- A lot of people have to use their "outside of work" hours to work on their side hustle, so 3 hours a day is actually pretty standard for most people building a business.
- And most people are also fairly exhausted by the time they've fulfilled the obligations of job & family and they reach the portion of their day where they can work on the side hustle. They're typically sacrificing sleep to do it.
- So as long as you don't have to work another job, too, while you're building up, you should be able to make something work in 3 hours a day.
Inspiration angle
- Check out Jon Morrow. He has built a $1M/year business... and he can't move anything but his face.
- Check out the late Sean Stephenson. He had a disease that made his bones brittle... but he is one of the most positive, inspirational people you'll ever listen to. He made a bunch of money as a mindset coach to high-caliber entrepreneurs.
- Running a business is probably the BEST way for you to proceed and fund your life if you're in a health situation like that. Anything less is going to just leave you depending on other people.
The perspectives above would theoretically allow you to take up ANY pursuit in the world. But let's narrow it down a bit to take into account the constraints you are under and rule a lot of things out.
Closed doors
- You don't have a lot of physical energy, so you want to do something that requires the minimum of exertion and effort. Let's rule out construction jobs, house cleaning, and anything that requires manual labor.
- You don't want to spend a lot of years just getting to the point where you're profitable. You want something that you can build relatively quickly to the point where it's profitable. Get some wins under your belt, and then turn that into something bigger down the road.
- You probably also don't want something that has high upfront costs. If you were massively wealthy and could just buy a functioning business that someone else is managing, that would be an easy choice, but most people aren't going to have that luxury.
Open doors
- You have a computer and an internet connection. This immediately opens the doors to copywriting and web design, both of which are options that many people have been successful at in 3 hours a day or less.
- Another natural fit that suits a situation where you don't have a lot of energy is to find the biggest problem you can and solve it with leadership. You are the leader, the spearhead, the visionary, and the project manager. Other people are doing the work.
- Whatever you do, build good systems that support you and support the work getting done without you.
- Sales is another option for making more money with less time. If interaction with people is exhausting, never mind, but if you thrive on human interaction, that could be a great fit.
- Teaching people to do a high-value skill can also be a great option.
Reviewing the fundamentals of how to make money
- The CENTS framework is your friend. Review it if you haven't already.
- Find a need. Money comes to those who meet a need or solve a problem. The bigger the problem you can solve, the more people who have this problem, and the more painful the problem is, the more money will come your way.
- Look at your skills and natural abilities. Where do you have prior knowledge? What industries have you been exposed to? What problem do people in those industries have?
- Forget the advice to "do what you love." Look for the intersection where your skills meet a big need and you know you can solve the problem. If it happens to be something you love, too, that's a bonus, but not a prerequisite.
Hope this helps!