#2733 - Q&A: “Six months in, and I need more life / work balance...”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this episode, we tackle the challenges of avoiding burnout while growing a side hustle. Discover techniques for staying motivated, managing stress, and maintaining alignment—as much as possible!
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:23.9 | CODieK slash Special Offer. In this episode we're going to look at the challenges of avoiding burnout while growing a side hustle |
| 0:40.0 | we're going to hear specifically from a graphic designer. I think he is in Washington State, |
| 0:45.1 | could be wrong about that, but wherever he is, he's feeling the pressure of balancing |
| 0:49.2 | multiple responsibilities. Isn't that how it is these days? We've all got so many things that we are trying to look after, manage, be somewhat responsible for. |
| 0:58.0 | Could be the demands of juggling a nine to five freelance projects starting a new business obviously your personal life |
| 1:04.4 | your relationships child care elder care all kinds of things that people are dealing with |
| 1:09.6 | and it can take a toll on your mental health and lead to burn out if not managed effectively. |
| 1:14.3 | At the same time, the answer is not just to abandon your goals of having a side hustle or to create economic |
| 1:19.9 | empowerment, because ultimately if you can do that that will allow you to mitigate |
| 1:24.0 | some of the stress elsewhere right so it's a little bit tricky but I think it's |
| 1:27.5 | super important to focus on let's see what we can do to advise Jensen and anybody else out there. |
| 1:34.6 | How can you in fact set realistic goals? |
| 1:37.4 | That's part of what we'll talk about. |
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