| I am in a similar situation. The start up bug bit me in May. I had several ideas. I picked the one I thought would be easiest. I thought I would get my beta version out by now but it's been hard. Some changes that I have made that have helped me: - I do not work more than 40 hours at my work anymore..even if it feels like it's the end of the world. Surprisingly, this has made me more focused at work. I do the same amount of work in a shorter amout of time. - As other hackers have mentioned, I set up a scheduled time to work on my start-up. Initally, I began with working on the weekends but I was too distracted by other fun things that I could be doing. The times that work best for me are during lunch breaks and before/after work during weekdays. - I made it clear to my husband that I will be busy during the weekdays but free over the weekends. This way he had no major expections of me over the weekdays. I think getting him Starcraft 2 also helped :P (j/k) - I wanted to read books about how to start a business, google analytics, etc..I pretty much paid fines to the library without going though a chapter. Then I discovered audio books. I listen to them on my drive to work. I finished 4-hour work week in 2-2 weeks and am onto to another one. Lessons learned for the future: - Don't spend too much time designing the site...just get a template that has worked for others. - Don't have deadlines at the end of the summer. I noticed that I am more busy over the weekends in the summer. - Don't venture into new technologies if you already have skills that you can do with. Sometimes, you just have to do both. You'll figure out the way that works best for you. Hang in there. |