You have time, now what?

One of the perks of going 1099 is you'll likely have opportunities to increase the amount of free time in your life.

On my first project, I took Fridays off. It was great! No issues there. Three day weekends are very natural.

But there were times when I intentionally or unintentionally took an extended time off (> 2 months).

You would think that with all that free time I'd be ultra productive or doing something fun and interesting.

Nope!

I'm embarrassed to admit a lot of that time was spent binging on TV shows or doing stuff that was temporarily entertaining but made me feel bad in the end.

Even if you don't like the 9-5 office life, it's easy to forget that it actually gives quite a bit of structure to your days.

Sure working a 75% schedule is no big deal. Most people have enough errands or fun things to do to fill an extra 8-10 hours per week.

But filling whole days at a time?

Not so easy.

So my recommendation to you is if you do find yourself with a lot of extra free time, enjoy the leisure, but also find projects or hobbies that take up a decent chunk of it on a regular basis.

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