By the time Kenya gets to work by 9am, she’s already worked two hours on her side business, got her kids ready for school and dropped each one of them off. If you’d see her shuffling her three bags through the office front door, make-up intact and hair flying, you’d hardly ever guess this woman is stretching her daily schedule to include her day job, family responsibilities, and hustling on the side.
Kenya’s not alone in this…According to the “2015 State of Women-Owned Businesses”, women-owned businesses grew at the rate of 1.5 times the national average, which is about 74% between 1997 and 2015. Out of the 30% of businesses owned by women, African-American women own a whopping 14%, which equates 1.3 million businesses.
Yet, women, especially women working full-time, are increasingly busy. Our schedules are packed with family activities, work responsibilities, and maintaining our social lives. As full as our plates are, how do we create more time to hustle on the side? Do you skip sleeping entirely, or survive on caffeine, or keep your eyelids surgically glued to your eyebrows (whatever works, right?)…
As a “side hustler” with an overflowing plate filled with (time-consuming) blessings, I know what it feels like…And to keep it simple, I’ve put together a nice’n’easy Slideshare presentation with three essential tips to apply to effectively carve out more time to devote to your side hustle. Enjoy!
