<story><title>Ask HN: Schedule of a solo founder?</title><text>If you are a solo founder would you share what your week looks like e.g. spend an afternoon on x?&lt;p&gt;I have productive days and days when I feel like I am scratching around for scraps of leads and SEO. I am currently doing 1k ARR so money is tight and I want to make the best use of my time.</text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>323454</author><text>The most important thing I&amp;#x27;ve learned is that you need to find a balance between discipline and spontaneity.&lt;p&gt;For example, it&amp;#x27;s good to maintain a few &amp;quot;anchor points&amp;quot; each day to break up your time and help you break out of negative cycles or unproductive moods. Things like going to the gym, maintaining a fixed wake up time or lunch time. This is the discipline side, which helps you to train yourself to stay focused on your goals.&lt;p&gt;But it&amp;#x27;s also important to listen to your own body and mind, and do things that make sense to you in the moment. E.g. if you&amp;#x27;re feeling too tired to work, accept it, go home and try again tomorrow. Avoid burnout. If you scheduled a certain task for 11am but when the time comes you&amp;#x27;re in the zone on something else, stay in the zone! This is the spontaneity part.&lt;p&gt;Discipline allows you to be spontaneous without guilt, because you know you&amp;#x27;ll eventually return to the basic system of moving towards your goal that you&amp;#x27;ve established. Spontaneity allows you to adapt as you go to avoid unforeseen problems or take advantage of unexpected benefits.&lt;p&gt;That said, on a work day (M-F) my schedule looks roughly like this:&lt;p&gt;6.30am - wake up
7.30-8.30am - gym
9-9.30am - write down what i did yesterday, what i want to do today
9.30-11.45am - on task
11.45am-12.15pm - lunch
12.15-3pm - on task
3.30-4pm - take a break, make a snack, or go for a walk
4-5.30pm - on task. but if i&amp;#x27;m tired go home early.
6-7pm - dinner
7-9pm - relax, read, play music, hang out with my spouse
9pm - wind down, start getting ready for bed</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: Schedule of a solo founder?</title><text>If you are a solo founder would you share what your week looks like e.g. spend an afternoon on x?&lt;p&gt;I have productive days and days when I feel like I am scratching around for scraps of leads and SEO. I am currently doing 1k ARR so money is tight and I want to make the best use of my time.</text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hermitcrab</author><text>Solo since 2005. I don&amp;#x27;t really have much of a schedule. That is one of the attractions.&lt;p&gt;Usually I work 8:30ish to 5:30ish Monday to Friday, taking time off for errands and exercize. I also do customer support at the weekends. Sometime I do a couple of hours work late in the evening. Sometimes I take the day off. Depends on how motivated I am feeling.&lt;p&gt;You have to keep a balance between the many little tasks that need doing (e.g. renew the office insurance, check adwords is running ok) and the fewer big tasks that make the difference log term (e.g. program a major new feature). I have a visual to do list that tracks tasks in my own software ( &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hyperplan.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hyperplan.com&lt;/a&gt; ) so I don&amp;#x27;t forget anything.&lt;p&gt;That feeling of not knowing what is the most important thing t0 work on next (new feature, improve website, create an explainer video, improve the documentation, tweak your PPC)? Get used to it. It isn&amp;#x27;t going to go away.</text></comment>