Help me make progress on a side project alongside my full-time job without burning out.
Side project: [DESCRIBE]
Time available: [HOURS PER WEEK]
When I have time: [MORNINGS / EVENINGS / WEEKENDS / COMMUTE]
Why it keeps stalling: [TOO TIRED / NO TIME / CAN'T FOCUS / OVERWHELMED BY SCOPE]
Provide:
1. **Minimum Viable Time**: The smallest useful time block for my project type
2. **Non-Negotiable Slots**: How to schedule and protect side project time
3. **Momentum Over Hours**: Why 20 minutes daily beats 5 hours on Saturday
4. **Scope Reduction**: How to cut my project to the smallest useful first version
5. **Energy Management**: How to have creative energy after a full work day
6. **Commute Productivity**: Using travel time for thinking, planning, or small tasks
7. **Weekend Structure**: How to balance side project with rest and social life
8. **Progress Tracking**: A simple system to see forward motion even when it's slow
9. **Motivation Maintenance**: What to do when progress feels impossibly slow
10. **Launch Pressure**: How to set a deadline and ship something imperfect
Help me make progress on a side project alongside my full-time job without burning out.
Side project: [DESCRIBE]
Time available: [HOURS PER WEEK]
When I have time: [MORNINGS / EVENINGS / WEEKENDS / COMMUTE]
Why it keeps stalling: [TOO TIRED / NO TIME / CAN'T FOCUS / OVERWHELMED BY SCOPE]
Provide:
1. **Minimum Viable Time**: The smallest useful time block for my project type
2. **Non-Negotiable Slots**: How to schedule and protect side project time
3. **Momentum Over Hours**: Why 20 minutes daily beats 5 hours on Saturday
4. **Scope Reduction**: How to cut my project to the smallest useful first version
5. **Energy Management**: How to have creative energy after a full work day
6. **Commute Productivity**: Using travel time for thinking, planning, or small tasks
7. **Weekend Structure**: How to balance side project with rest and social life
8. **Progress Tracking**: A simple system to see forward motion even when it's slow
9. **Motivation Maintenance**: What to do when progress feels impossibly slow
10. **Launch Pressure**: How to set a deadline and ship something imperfect
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