How do you find time for projects alongside a full-time job?

Fitting side projects, learning or a channel around a 9-to-5 or studies.

Axis: a few hours a week on the side is enough … you need to quit to have time

Answers by date: 15 records in 10 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2018, 2019, 2020), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2020-12-17	Ali	Ali says that if you make something a priority it will happen, because what we are doing at any moment is what we most want to be doing in that moment.	Stress, Regrets and Inspirations - Q&A with Kharma Medic 00:02:55
2020-12-17	Kharma Medic	Kharma Medic encourages people to make whatever they really care about a non-negotiable, as he does with exercise: it can be fitted in by organising your time so that it is.	Stress, Regrets and Inspirations - Q&A with Kharma Medic 00:02:55
2020-08-20	Ali	Ali has churned out online classes on Skillshare, which have made a stupidly large amount of money relative to his full-time job salary; recycling ideas from his second brain made the process far easier.	The Second Brain - A Life-Changing Productivity System 00:04:06
2020-08-18	Ali	Asked how he finds time for his YouTube channel, blog, newsletter and podcast while working as a doctor, Ali answers that he is taking a break from medicine right now, and that apart from his general productivity advice, typing super fast makes a big difference.	How I Type REALLY Fast (156 Words per Minute) 00:02:08
2020-07-07	Ali	Asked how he runs a YouTube channel, a podcast and businesses beside working full-time as a doctor, Ali says that besides productivity it takes a defined creative workflow for churning out videos, podcasts, blog posts and newsletters.	My Creative Workflow with Notion 00:00:00
2020-07-03	Ali	Doing YouTube while working 80 hours a week is possible: with a team, Christian or Angus handle editing and uploading, and Ali has filmed after 13-hour shifts.	I'm Moving to America 🇺🇸 - Life Update 00:26:55
2019-07-26	Ali	The change that mattered most in Ali's time management was recognising that his time is fully in his control: he is always doing what he most wants, so the gym is never "no time", only not a priority.	How I Manage my Time as a Doctor + YouTuber - 9 Time Management Tips 00:00:29
2019-06-26	Ali	With the iPad, Ali's downtime at work becomes productive: he might plan a video or two in Notion or reply to some emails.	How I use my iPad Pro as a Doctor 00:07:14

More answers (7)

date	who	answer	source
2018-12-08	Ali	Ali applies "pay yourself first" from personal finance to time: set aside two hours every day for your own project first, and fit schoolwork around it.	Ask Doctor Ali - 100k subscribers Q&A 00:36:18
2018-12-08	Ali	At medical school work was Ali's lowest priority unless a deadline was due: friends, sport, societies and events all came first, and he would do it the same way again.	Ask Doctor Ali - 100k subscribers Q&A 00:35:00
2018-08-15	Ali	Ali's summary for free time at university: make the time to do things, keep a priority list and find some kind of balance.	University Freshers - 5 Top Tips 00:15:41
2018-08-15	Ali	Ali's approach to free time at university: work is his default activity when he has nothing else to do, but anything else that comes up, such as a social event, takes priority over it.	University Freshers - 5 Top Tips 00:12:24
2018-08-15	Matticus	After watching one of Ali's videos, Matticus agrees that there is no such thing as not having enough time: it is all about making the time.	University Freshers - 5 Top Tips 00:11:26
2018-08-03	Ali	To balance everything, Ali keeps a priority list; in his own, studies were always at the bottom, below everything else he had to do or wanted to do.	Life Advice - 50k subs Q&A 00:01:50
2018-08-03	Ali	Ali says you are, for the most part, fully in control of your own time: he never says "I don't have time" and reframes the thought as "I am choosing not to make the time".	Life Advice - 50k subs Q&A 00:00:30