How much time should I spend on my side hustle every day?

I used to have same problem, demanding day job I kinda sorted it by:

• be an early riser. I wake up every day at 5am and get lots done. Also, I sleep at 10pm every day to make sure I get enough rest

• change your day job if possible with something less demanding. Being a lead generally speaking means a lot of responsibility. I switched to be a programmer and that meant way less responsibility. Surprisingly I get paid way more as well so it is not necessarily downgrading :)

Hope this helps

I'd suggest starting with just an hour in the early AM (prior to your full-time) makes it 1) more productive because of your high energy and 2) more consistent

As much as you can afford to. Some days I put in 0. Some days I put in 15 mins, to each their own. You have to do what works for you. I wish I can put in 20hrs a day.

I dedicated my last year journal's to the same problem. It was hard for me to change as a person like suddenly start become a early rise of things of that sort. So I have put together my insight here https://medium.com/@piyush.neo/year-journal-an-introvert-engineers-view-of-2020-7d4e3be8ec30

You should spend as much time as you can afford to spend on it without negatively impacting your day-to-day life.

Try to cut out things like Youtube, TV and other similar things. Invest that time into your side project.

Also, in terms of how much time, start with something meaningful in terms of delivery. If you can’t get anything done with 1hr a day don’t go with that. You want to see progress, meaningful process in a daily basis to be motivated and look forward to tomorrow and the day after tomorrow so make sure to deliver something in a daily basis. I think that is what you need to focus on

I’ve been in the same situation. What I did to make progress:

• make list of tiny tasks
• spend 30 minutes each day for steady progress finishing the tasks
• work 36 instead of 40 hours at my day job so I could take off the Wednesday every two weeks