The Daily Grind
For the past couple of weeks, whenever anyone has asked about how things are going with the new venture, the word that immediately pops out is, “busy!” We have just over a week until public launch, and the list of things that need to be done beforehand is still pretty daunting.
On the other hand, we are getting quite a bit of work done. On days when I’m not still contracting at Biz360, I’ve settled into a regular routine which is actually pretty simple:
7:00am: wake up, eat breakfast, get our son to school
9:00am: work
12:00pm: lunch
12:30pm: back to work!
5:30pm: family time - get the kids fed, bathed, put to bed
8:00pm: more work
3:00am: hit the sack
When you add it up, there’s roughly 15 hours of working time, 5 hours of family/meal time, and 4 hours of sleep. I’d like to be able to spend more time with the kids, and the lack of regular workouts is starting to take its toll, but we keep telling ourselves that it’s a temporary push. Things will lighten up a *little* once we get past the launch milestone … right?
And of course, the great thing about the work is that it’s not a grind at all. We’re working out of our home, building a fun application, and collecting feedback and ideas from an active group of users. The fact that it’s all about sports is icing on the cake–I just hope I can get back to watching an occasional game at some point.
Posted by Jason 
23.Mar.07
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Hello — I found your blog via one I follow on MBL.. I would like to chat; trying to make the break from the day gig. I basically blog, was writing for VentureBeat last month, I work as a Tech Evangelist for Criteo, and just trying to drop the day gig.
Hit me up in the e-mail. Thanks!
Rex
My business advisor pushed us to set a vacation schedule during our start-up phase. Doing so forces you to set up robust processes which will allow the business to operation without you.
One long weekend off a month, one week off per quarter, 2 weeks off per year.
If you don’t do in now, you’ll never do it. And the kids will be grown up, the money will be spent, the connection between the two of you will be gone AND there will still be a billion items on your to-do list.
Just walking away from the computer for a long weekend will free up your brain and energy so much. You won’t believe how much it helps.
Funny you should mention this now - last night we stopped working at 11pm instead of the usual 1am, and then this morning took the kids to the park (normally one of us goes while the other stays home to work). Over lunch I realized that it had been 14 hours since either one of us had worked, nothing had fallen apart, and we weren’t stressed out. A full week per quarter seems unattainable right now but we’re moving in the right direction.