Free project template
Side business planner with every task dated from the day you start
Three projects that keep a side business, a day job and personal life apart, with set hours for the business.
- 3 sections
- 14 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Side business
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
Side business
Set hours
- Business blockEvery Tuesday 20:00
- Business blockEvery Saturday 9:00
- Reply to customer messagesEvery day 21:00
Money and admin
- Record income and expensesEvery Sunday 18:00
- Set aside money for income taxEvery 1st of the month
- Check whether you need to register the businessDay 8
This month
- Example: finish the product listing
- Example: follow up last month's enquiries
Day job
- Plan the workdayEvery workday 9:00
- Example: prepare the monthly reportDay 6
- Shut down and leave work at workEvery workday 18:00
Personal
- One evening a week with no work of any kindEvery Wednesday 19:00
- ExerciseEvery Sunday 8:00
- Example: book the dentist
About this template
Running a side business next to a job means the two leak into each other: business messages at your desk, job work on the weekend you set aside. This setup gives each part of your life its own project and its own hours.
The side business project carries the fixed evening and weekend blocks. Keep them, and it moves forward without eating the rest.
Tips from the template
- Never do side business work on your employer's time or equipment.
- Protect the business blocks like a meeting.
- Check your employment contract for rules on outside work.
How to use it in ActivityTracker
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Side business, day job and home and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
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Questions
Run it with the dates filled in.
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