Why 9–5 And 5–9 Doesn’t Work And Is Dangerous Too

If even a machine can’t do it, why would you die trying? Try a healthier approach instead

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Enough already with the hype about 9–5 5–9: it doesn’t work, it destroys your health, and prevents you from building your side business.

Here’s a mind-shifter for you. It helped me, hopefully it will help you too.

Are you trying to build a business alongside your full-time employment?

If you are anything like me, you probably work 5 days per week, 9–5 (maybe more or less on different days), and you have 2 days off per week.

After a full day at work, it’s hard to come home, freshen up with a shower and a hearty meal, and then work for another 2–3 hours.

Toxic side hustle culture be darned, 9–5 and 5–9 doesn’t work for human beings! It may work for machines, but even Chat GPT gets confused.

And it gets confused quite often when given lengthy, complex tasks that involve resolving multiple conflicting priorities.

I know! Because I use it as my assistant in planning, outlining and researching things. It gets tired. It needs clarification. It needs a…