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Keeping the momentum going by improvising and compromising

There is a growing trend of working-class people to have a side business. I prefer calling it a side hustle. My side hustle is creating content online. With the demand of a full-time job and spending quality time with loved ones, it can be a challenge to work on a side hustle. But there is a solution: improvise and compromise.

Improvising involves making use of the resources you have at the time. Compromising involves deviating a little from the usual.

I recently had a very long and tiring day at work. As if that was not bad enough, right after knocking off, I had to attend an investment club meeting in the evening. Despite all that, I still had to make time to eat supper, spend quality time with my wife and son, and work on my side hustle.

My planned routine is to make sufficient time – at least five days a week – on my side hustle. On a day like the one described earlier, it is tricky to make sufficient time for my business. So instead of postponing a task (such as writing) on a busy day, I opt to write a very short article and include some multimedia (for example a picture or video). That way, I still keep the momentum.

A hard truth that I still find challenging to accept, is that things do not always go according to plan. Besides, a plan is always perfect on paper – with many unknown variables assumed to go our way. I have found that improvising and compromising make up for that unpredictability.

Whatever it is you are working on – whether your career, business, relationships – keep the momentum going. No matter what.

4 thoughts to “Keeping the momentum going by improvising and compromising”

  1. And remember that what you put in is what you get out. If you spend 5 days a week keeping the momentum going, but see no results in a year, you keep that momentum going all the way up the hill until the energy you’ve built pushing that boulder up the mountain (even if it took a year) means that your roll all the way down that mountain makes you unstoppable!

    At least that’s the way I like to see it. Like Newton said: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. You just sometimes need to build up for a big reaction someday. Keep it up!

    1. You make a very interesting point of what happens on the other side while rolling down the mountain – becoming unstoppable! Gives me courage to not give up especially when the energy is running out.

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