Want to get 100 days ahead of other people in 1 year?
Use your weekends wisely.
For one to improve in a certain area, consistency is key.
Which is why you see everyone spamming "consistency" everywhere.
However, how consistent one should be is the real question that needs to be answered.
A person who shows up once every year is a consistent person… But would he achieve great things?
The time interval one should aim for is weekly, monthly are too long and daily will cause burnout.
While most of us are mainly busy with our life outside of X (job, uni, etc…), it all comes down to how you spend your weekends.
When I was at University, I was learning Korean and Japanese as a hobby.
At first I tried daily sessions to only burnout straight away.
I tried weekly, one session on the weekday and two sessions on weekends, and it was beyond perfect.
The idea of setting goals and tasks based on weekly stuck with me since then.
Fast forward to now…
I am currently working on 9-5 and I do X on the side.
And I am yet to ever feel burnout.
How?
Weekends.
I utilise my weekends to suit my weekly tasks and goals.
Batch Production
If you are not batching content, you should start now.
It is the best method to sustain X as well as your main profession.
You could write your whole week's content in span of just 2 hours on weekends.
It will take practice, so the sooner you start the better.
While daily writing does improve your writing, you can easily experience writer's block and something unexpected could occur.
Instead I like to practice writing my newsletters daily.
Here are some tips to make batching content effortless.
Have a pool of ideas to write about (tackle writer's block)
Build a system for your writing (sustainability)
Analyse past content (doubling down)
It will be difficult at first, but after few iteration, it will become easier.
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Trap
Weekends are great way to get ahead of everyone else.
However, there is a huge trap that you must avoid.
Weekends are meant for recovering.
If you do more work than what you do on weekdays, burnout will be inevitable.
An intense 4 hour work on Saturday is the same as 8 hours of work on Monday.
9-5 are not as demanding as our side hustles.
To avoid this, set a limit for how long you are going to work.
Want a tip?
Aim to finish what you need to do before lunch (even if it means to wake up early).
You will feel like you are ahead in the day.
Add a bit of workout there and you won the weekends.
It really is that simple.
That's all for today.
Talk soon,
Hamsa
