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Daily Plan for a Freelancer Who Wants to Start a Side Project

You set your own hours, so client work can fill the evening too. This plan adds a 6 PM log-off, 30 minutes of project work on weekdays and five first steps.

Free time

Work rhythm

  • 4-step routine
  • 3-exercise workout
  • 3 habits
  • 5 first steps
  • 3 chores

A weekday

  1. 8 AM

    Wake up

  2. 9:30 AM

    Work starts

    Client work: most important task firstWeekdays
  3. 6 PM

    Work ends

    Evening unwindWeekdays
  4. 7 PM
    Quick workoutTuesday and Thursday
  5. 7:30 PM
    30 minutes on the side projectWeekdays

    Then free time until 11 PM. Nothing planned.

  6. 11 PM

    Bed

Any time

Lunch away from the deskWeekdays

Setup asks the same questions, so this is the plan you get.

Everything in the plan

Evening unwind

Weekdays at 6 PM

  1. Close the laptop at a set time
  2. Leave the desk
  3. Change out of work clothes
  4. 10-minute tidy

Quick workout

Tuesday and Thursday at 7 PM · No equipment

  • Bodyweight squat2 × 12 reps
  • Push-up2 × 8 reps
  • Plank2 × 20 seconds

Start the side project

Five first steps

  1. Write the idea in one sentence
  2. Text three people who'd use it
  3. Make the smallest version
  4. Set a goal or a price
  5. Share it where your people are

Chores

Each repeats after it was last done, so a missed day does not stack up

  • KitchenWipe the counters and stoveevery 3 days
  • BathroomClean the bathroomevery 7 days
  • BedroomChange the sheetsevery 14 days

Habits

  • 30 minutes on the side projectWeekdays at 7:30 PM
  • Lunch away from the deskWeekdays
  • Client work: most important task firstWeekdays at 9:30 AM

Why it works

  1. 1The evening unwind starts at 6 PM on weekdays. You close the laptop and leave the desk, so client work ends before project time.
  2. 2The project gets 30 minutes at 7:30 PM on weekdays. Client work starts the day at 9:30 AM, so the project does not take paid hours.
  3. 3The first steps test the idea early. You text three people who would use it, then make the smallest version and set a goal or a price.

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