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5 ways to pursue a passion project while working a full-time job
Track And Review
At the end of the week or the month, review and track your progress, reminding yourself of the goals you have achieved.
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The Passion Project
Various studies show that creative hobbies increase our happiness and well-being, and they can even make our work more productive.
Spending more time on something we are passionate about, unrelated to our work, boosts our confidence at our jobs.
The Morning Routine
Creating a morning routine is a game-changer for your passion project.
With a clear, distraction-free mind, you can work on your passion for 30 to 60 minutes in the morning, maybe just one step of work, providing you with a great start of the day.
Time Allotment Myth
While we normally would allot a day or a weekend for our passion project, we end up not moving forward in spite of the time set aside.
If we can spare a few minutes to work on our passion project, in increments, we start to build something, with consistency.
5 Of 7 Rule
Instead of committing to yourself to work your passion project every day, try to give it 5 days in a week, or even fewer, for a better success rate.
Track And Review
At the end of the week or the month, review and track your progress, reminding yourself of the goals you have achieved.
Get Some Sleep
Instead of burning the midnight oil working on your passion, you are much better off prioritizing sleep, and it can actually provide you with a productivity boost.
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Discover your passion
In order to be able to be happy, one should do what he or she likes as work. However, not always what we are drawn to can bring us money.
If you are willing to pursue your hobby and make profit out of it, you should first make sure that doing what you like can actually help you live a decent life. Therefore, if you do have a hobby, you might want to consider checking out if there is a real market for it. For almost everything that is well presented there can be a market. So go on and take your chance!
Decide on a field
Once you have committed to turning your passion into something profitable, the next step is to carefully research the options: check if there is a real demand for your offer, have a a look at what competition has to offer, etc.
Furthermore, maybe the most important is to find ways to innovate. This way, you will develop your competitive spirit and gain clients while learning to become better in the chosen field.
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Passion is not something you discover.
Passions tend to be developed. It’s not just about being intense about what you’re doing but waking up week after week, month after month, ...
Clear out the distractions
One reason you may not know your passion: you haven’t given yourself the time and space to pursue it.
Reflect on how you’re using your time, and whether or not you want to be distracted by these temptations.
Think of a passion as like an internship
Most internships serve as a trial run for a job — while you’re acquiring skills and knowledge, you’re also trying to see if you want to commit.
Just like an internship, a passion is something you learn by doing. It takes experience; it takes trial and error.
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A process of performing “professional activities…in a state of distraction-free concentration that pushes your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve ...
Shallow work
The non-cognitively demanding, logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted, tend not to create much new value in the world and are easy to replicate.
Recognizing our limited willpower
...is the first element of deep work.
That means you won’t have the mental discipline to stay concentrated on a single task unless you prepare your mind and environment to it.
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