I am a freelancer and work from 9-5 during the week. My work is also my hobby and therefore I am creating side projects. I am working on these projects mainly in the evenings or during the weekend.
Meanwhile, it was easy but we had a baby and it is a little bit more complicated now. I am drinking more coffee but I am able to finish at least one small thing every day.
I would like to know if you are working on your projects during the weekends?
I'm not a employee & not have tight schedule during working days but most probably I like to work in weekdays where I gain more ideas & plan it efficiently compare to working days.
I also had a baby & I give her more time in weekends but I choose to work when she is sleeping, playing with her toys or do self activity. Mostly I manage to work at Night.
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Yes, but not as much, and not on a set schedule. Uclusion is built around asynchronous collaboration, so when I have an idea or need input I just enter it in. My co-founder can reply whenever he wants. I find that less mental overhead than trying to remember stuff later.
Where are you communicating with your co-founder? Are you using something like Asana/Jira/GitHub or Slack?
We use Uclusion itself. The product replaces all of those.
I don't work on my project during the weekends, it's important for me to take resting days to focus on other important things (like family!)
However, I do respond to support requests during the weekend.
Hi @Kilian. You decided right :) I am trying to do just very small things during the weekend. For example, I am writing comments on the indiehackers :)
We do Zlatko! Even have some rooms at PeerPull if you want to check out of enterpreuners and freelancers to work together on some topics too :)
Thank you, but I will stay here on indiehackers.com. I do not want to split my time between another network.
I'm lucky that the vast majority of my customers for Zlappo work mostly only during the weekdays, so I have the privilege of taking my weekends off... which means I only work if it's an emergency (putting out fires, etc.).
I know that well; my daughter is 1.5+ years old.
Since her birth, I launched my iOS app and got it featured on the App Store. I worked on a couple other side projects as well.
My "day job" is a company I co-founded, so I don't work at a 9-5 job, and we're still young (founded 2018) and are barely starting to figure things out.
Nevertheless, I believe side projects are essential, they bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the table, and they are also welcomed breathers.
Some of my rules:
Side note: the most useful gadget to me is the Arlo baby cam. I open the Home app and use the picture-in-picture mode to watch my girl sleeping in the corner while I work. I don't have to worry about not hearing her as I'm working and listening to music.
I use Saturday to tie up loose ends that I could complete during the week.
What are weekends?
Haha :) I was really interested in what Wikipedia said. "The workweek and weekend are the complementary parts of the week devoted to labor and rest, respectively." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend
Interesting how it emerged actually!