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Why Do We Have to Be Productive All The Time?
When did our ambitions, our dreams, officially become “side hustles”? When did they become second — largely unpaid — jobs?
I mean, I get it. I’ve wanted to be a writer since forever, but that doesn’t pay the bills at the moment, so I have a day job that keeps the lights on. I sneak in writing time where I can, usually for an hour or so before I go to bed. It used to be more, but that’s not so easy these days. Is that enough?
According to all the advice I read, probably not. It seems as though there are more and more articles dedicated to the art of finding you more time to work on that side hustle — be it writing or anything else.
Get up at 5am every morning!
Work on it during your commute!
And your lunch break!
Work on it at night!
If there was some way you could work on your side hustle while unconscious, the gurus would doubtless recommend you work on it in your sleep, too.
