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A Mindful Side Hustle
How deliberate practice can help your side hustle mindfulness
To practice deliberately is the way to a mindful side hustle practice.
To focus on yourself, your craft, your project and nothing else. Nothing else but trying to make it the best version it can be is incredibly mindful.
I’ve been writing for the past 2 years on the internet and I’ve noticed that my side hustle, writing, has become a mindful practice for me. Between the hours (loosely) of 5:30am and 8:00am, the only thing I think about is the words on the page.
It’s become my meditation.
Deliberate practice makes a mindful practice
“Deliberate practice refers to a special type of practice that is purposeful and systematic.“ — James Clear
Writing has become a practice for me. It’s become a therapy; I’ll find myself falling down overthinking rabbit holes if I don’t write. That’s a good thing.
It means I have something that allows my brain to dump its thoughts elsewhere and it feels to me, somehow, like I’m making room for new thoughts. And letting go of old ones. It helps me stay balanced.
But when something becomes a therapy and a habit you’ve hit the big time.
