Do not schedule your work. Schedule your free time and activities. Do not touch work during your free time. Startups are fantastical beasts that eat your free time, your life, your relationships, and your emotional energy. You must recharge to be successful and have the capacity to push forward to each milestone. It is very common to let hobbies and interests die as you are moving in the bootstrapping phase for a startup. Schedule and maintain at least one mental hobby and at least one physical hobby.
Good advice. And if the startup isn’t swallowing up all unscheduled time (at least occupying your thoughts), you may not be as dedicated to the success as you might need to be. Even if it’s a lifestyle business, it’s going to be hard to go from zero to that without the all-consuming phase. I’m sure it’s doable, but probably rare, especially so in a venture situation.
