Aug
My Ideal Working Day
Two weeks ago I posted about what it would take to quit my job. After crunching some numbers, I figured I could afford to quit my job if I could make $160/day online consistently. $160/day comes to $58,400 a year before taxes. Matt suggested I write a follow up post on what my day might look like if I didn’t have to go to work in an office and could stay at home and work online. So let’s take a look.
7:00 - Wake up
7:00 - 7:30 - Check previous days earnings. Make sure all sites are functioning. Check MSN/ESPN for important news that happened overnight. Eat power bar.
7:45 - 8:30 - Go to gym and work out.
8:45 - 9:00 - Shower and drink protein shake.
9:00 - 10:00 - Check emails and respond to time sensitive ones. Read blog posts from friends. Check forums I post on.
10:00 - 12:00 - Work on websites. Write and add content to all my sites.
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 - Play a game of DOTA on Warcraft 3: TFT or other video games.
2:00 - 3:00 - Promote websites. Link exchanges, directory submissions, SEO work.
3:00 - 3:15 - Break for snack
3:15 - 4:15 - Add more content to my sites.
4:15 - 5:00 - Wrap up. Add content. Check Emails. Plan for tomorrow.
5:00 - I’m done for the day.
Now that’s a rough life huh? If I can get paid $160+/day to do that, I’ll be loving life. Sure does beat the daily grind of commuting and sitting in a cubicle all day. And the best thing about working online is you can reinvest the money you earn back into your work (to ultimately increase your daily earnings). You can’t do that in a corporate job unless you get stock options.
It’s hard to know exactly how I’d spend my days without actually having that opportunity. Someday, hopefully I’ll be in that position.
Nice Break down!!
Now the only question would be is the website work really only 5 days a week or 7 days?
You should hire some monkeys (cheap labor) to write for you if you really want to get to a point where you can quit your job. You have the skills to create and monetize websites and that’s what you should focus on. If you can get a positive ROI on the money you pay for a writer and the ad money you earn, all you need to do is scale. I’ve said too much.
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sl - That is the dream right there. Complete passive income. I’d need much more than $160/day though to be able to afford writers to do the work for me
Richard - I rarely ever do website work on weekends. I’d like to think it’d be a 5 day/wk job for me. Also - I replied to your comment on Mugdish.
I find myself working on my blogs every day it seems. I like your attitude of not doing it on the weekends but I feel at this stage it’s important to make sure everything continues to run smooth.
Thanks for the tip on Mugdish!
I’m going to test it out maybe tonight or tomorrow. Whenever I get chance.
Nice routine David, but I think you need more social time in your work day eventually. Nice thing about the internet is you can work anywhere. I would recommend a few long working vacations eventually. When I say long, I mean months minimum, not a just a two week whirlwind tour. Live in a place, learn the language, work a few hours a day. When you get back home you’ll realize how much you’ve grown and things will never be the same. OK, I realize that may sound a little over romanticized and may not even sound appealing. Not everyone’s cut out for it, but it’s what I did (exception: my months became years) and what I’ll be doing again, so that’s why I recommend it.
I think I should try this out sometime. Maybe sheer consistance will let me make my meager target of 500$ a month . . . .
Hey Marc … not sure the misses would go for that
She’s a teacher and can’t exactly take off months at a time. Unless it’s summer vacation 
Hi David, what would you recommend to do for the link exhange and SEO session, I have been trying to do all the SEO stuffs, just can’t find 1 hour a day is enough…
Maybe you can help me breaking down some major tasks…
Haha… I know it’s tough to do. It requires some decent planning as well, but you’ve got plenty of time. I’m not suggesting that you just take off. You’ve got a lot of other things going on right now with marriage, etc. But I bet in a few years, if you try it for a summer, the misses will be thanking you. It’s a great experience for families as well.