I was going to come up with a hustle until I found out my wife was pregnant so I decided to put it to the side. Fast forward to around now, my kid is 2 and it’s pretty exhausting thinking about it now if I did go through my project. I personally couldn’t find myself continuing the project because I had a full-time job and even trying to work on my hustle at home, it gets too distracting but I also WANT to be a family man.

I have no judgment in any way and like to know if anyone ever managed to run their (new) projects while having a kid either on the way or just arriving. So far what I’ve seen in person, it seems the ones who kept their business up don’t spend a lot of time with their partner/kid. As said, I have no judgment and just like to know more about it.

  • musicguy2376@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I was just searching for a parent entrepreneur sub - specifically for support around a side hustle. I’ve got 3 kids (3,5 and 8 yrs old) and I’m thinking about starting a business in the natural home goods / cleaning products space. The rub is that I can’t quit my job, and have maybe 2 hours at night after the kids go to bed to work on the business. I acquired a super small niche website back in March and made the evening work thing happen for a few months - and feel like I’m still recovering from the burnout from the side hustle + parenting + work.

    The main struggle from my perspective is that I can’t see sacrificing my relationship with my kids - that 5-8pm time with them is sacred. So I’m left with the 8-10pm time to work but my energy is low after a full day. I keep talking about wanting to jump in again to running a business (and have made some moves in that direction) but generally am finding it tough to work consistently at night. I’d rather cook, rest, watch tv etc - almost anything other than be on the computer (which is my full time gig).

    Being an involved parent and trying to start a side hustle feels more or less impossible. It’s definitely something I want but I haven’t figured out how to make it happen. Having consistent energy to give consistent time to growing a thing is definitely the biggest road block.

    Thanks for posting this! Felt timely