Home, you need to make your office at home. WORK ONLY. You can't surf the net and game in the same space. Once you sit down in this space, it should be work only. You should preferable have a work only system. You must physically and mentally separate work and play. Some people don't need this but most of us do.
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#12My bed. I'm mostly a hermit when left to my own devices and I have absolutely no problem being productive at home... so, in my bed with my laptop and some background noise and I'm all set.
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#13You can get some coworking space for about $100 a month, at least in my city, for 7-8 days a month visitation Big franchises like panera bread, McDonalds in nicer neighborhoods , starbucks come to mind. Bookstores, coffee shops, local library, etc. Some local independent restaurants are okay if you get to know the owner and if its not as busy, and you get food there. Drink shops / bar areas that have board games are…
Yeah I'm starting to think that I have to get a coworking space. There are some libraries and stuff, but they don't seem consistent.
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#14You can negotiate a shorter workweek, to free up more time; here's someone who hasn't been working full time for years: https://codewithoutrules.com/2018/01/08/part-time-programmer...
Yeah, possibly...
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#15If you are an early morning person, get up,early. Work on your side hustle for say 1-2 hours focused. Then go to work.
Fix regular schedule will further assist in building momentum and simple next baby step for the hustle.
And no, don’t do anything personal in work place. Separation of concerns and peace of mind are waaay more important.
Wishing you success.
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#17Part of the fun of a side hustle is doing it at your day job.
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#18I work on them during work hours - on my own gear, as I desire, just never in the office. I used to feel bad about it - I don't.
The reality is that in tech, we work all sorts of hours, all over the place, on all sorts of things. Part of the trade off is recognizing that whilst I happily have a rather long work-week, it doesn't mean that I need to ALWAYS give the best hours of the day to the corporation (and it's my corporation).
I also find that it benefits my company. I frequently bring in ideas from the things I've been experimenting with to work. We actually rely on several of them now.
tl;dr it's the time of day that matters a lot more than the environment.
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#19If you are not using the phone for anything business related, libraries make a good work space. If you live in a city with a university, check to see if their libraries are open to the public. Most are open longer than public libraries and have better environments (although public libraries can be great too)