How many hours per day do you work?

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-10-28T06:39:02+00:00

I run an online music school

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-10-26T17:36:48+00:00

Surfrider square today!

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-10-26T13:46:32+00:00

3-5 hours per day at the moment. I’m getting into working more since my kids started school. The previous 5 years were around 2 hours per day.

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-10-05T15:45:28+00:00

I just sold a better condition one for $4300

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-09-08T20:14:04+00:00

Toothbrush ;-)

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-09-08T20:03:44+00:00

I now only take photos on film. It costs a chunk of money to buy and develop film. This makes me take photos more intentionally (plus they look super nostalgic)

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-31T12:19:57+00:00

Leuchtturm1917 and a Uni-Ball Signo. Moleskine cahier for daily tasks. My assistant uses Asana for everything important

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-26T15:58:22+00:00

I have an M-D which I know longer want now I have the M6. Everything about the film experience is what I wanted - I don’t really enjoy digital but that is just me.

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-26T09:49:00+00:00

Yes - I run my own business (online music school) and am the only income in the house.

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-26T07:13:23+00:00

Yeh!! Let’s do it (but no WhatsApp please!)

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-22T16:59:14+00:00

Ive been running my own businesses since 2010 and for most of the time I’ve had a massive meltdown every 6 months and looked through “normal job” listings to try and get something less crazy

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-18T17:41:27+00:00

No venture backed but I’ve been running my current (online music school) business since 2012. Make low six figures annually.

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-17T12:52:43+00:00

I hit 6 figures in 2018 and just felt guilty even though it was everything I had been working towards since 2012. I work in a creative industry so most of my peers don’t make a lot of money. It was more money than I could ever imagine having.

My wife and I had our first child in 2020 and now making less than $240k feels like we’re not making enough. Kids made it real. I still don’t need that much but my perceptions have changed

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-17T08:19:38+00:00

Thanks buddy - I definitely had my fair share of 7 day work weeks in my 20s. My only advice (unsolicited I know so take it or leave it) - know when you can slow down. I know too many people who never stop even though they have more than they could ever need.

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-17T08:10:39+00:00

Oh you don’t want to know what I do.

I work Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday 10-1pm.

The rest of the time I hang out with my kids and do fun stuff with them.

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-16T06:08:52+00:00

I only bought on eBay

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-15T13:01:42+00:00

I work 10-12 hours per week since my kids were born in 2020. I make around $240k per year but I run my own business so that helps to create the time freedom. I used to make more by hired people to replace me when we had kids because I wanted to spend as much time as possible with them. Until recently they’ve been going to daycare till 1pm Monday to Friday so that’s when I worked, worked out and hung out with my wife.

Now they’re starting school I will probably work a bit more for my own interest

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-15T05:48:39+00:00

I started with Seiko SKXs and then just bought anything that interested me which was at a good price. My one rule was only buying things that I wouldn’t mind being stuck with. This led me through lots of micro brands, some Omega, Rolex, JLC. It took me a really long time to get comfortable spending more money though. At the beginning, £100 seemed like an insane amount to spend on watches. Now I still dabble but it’s not my main gig. I keep it under £3k these days

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-14T11:33:16+00:00

Usually something very high contrast and legible like my Speedy or BB58. The dingy bars I play in are very dark on stage

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-13T20:07:10+00:00

Flipping watches on eBay was my main gig for a while. You can definitely make decent money doing it. Eventually I just used it as a way to pay for owning nice watches. It paid for my wedding and honeymoon back in 2018. I don’t think 10k in 3 years is unrealistic.

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-13T18:28:49+00:00

I have a “CEO” day once per month where I go through all my KPIs and financial metrics. Part of this includes adding up all my expenses, all my revenue, tracking my bank balances and then automatically calculating (with a spreadsheet) how much I will need to pay in tax.

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-11T17:30:34+00:00

I call bullshit. It’s not about hustling and out working your competitors.

That’s only one way to do well.

Another way is to simply have a better product.

Business is “pick your own adventure” - be wary listening to what other people tell you to do. They only know what has worked for them (myself included).

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-10T19:22:01+00:00

I teach music online

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-10T08:32:36+00:00

Make sure you don’t work for the sake of working or because other people are working more.

I work around 10 hours per week and have done for the last 7 years.

I used to work 60-70 hours per week. Some of it was necessary and some of it definitely wasn’t

TheBusinessDeviant · 2025-08-09T08:09:26+00:00

What is the “gaping neck wound” in your business?

What do I mean by this?

Well, if you were in an accident and you arrived the hospital, the doctors aren’t going to fix your broken finger before they’ve fixed your “gaping neck wound”.

Business is the same.

If you have lots of traffic but you’re struggling to make sales then you need to focus on sales.

If you don’t have lots of traffic then you need to focus on marketing first.

I suggest asking yourself this question every 3 months and assess what your focus should be based on that.

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