<prompt> Human: I am 27 years old and I have worked at a major southeastern grocery store chain for 5 years now. I make 11 an hour, and I have around 10,000 in my companys ESOP401k. Its a very stable job and I do enjoy it most of the time, but its not my true calling. Ive been freelancing graphic arts jobs for the past few years, and after a lot of consideration Ive decided I want to start a hydro dipping business. My problem lies with the unpredictable nature of retail schedules. I feel like I can never get enough time to work on my new business because I often get off of work at 11pm, I always work weekends, and I have no set days off. Does anyone have tips on how to gain enough steam so that I can drop down to 20hrs or so a week?Assistant: I would strongly advise you to sustain your grocery store job to the point where you able to fully support yourself and dependents, if applicable. You are pointing out that you cant put enough time in your business as you get off at 11 PM. Cant you work on your business before starting with your retail job? Having your own business will require a fair share of dedication. Once you have it up and running profitably, you could cut down on your retail job. If you can already sustain yourself with less hours at the retail job, you work less but you should take into consideration that you are taking a risk here. Would your boss be willing to give you back your full time hours if your business doesnt work out as planned? These questions are crucial for you to determine a strategy. Human: I think the short answer here is that I need to dedicate more of my free time to my side business. Cutting down video games and other distractions is something I can work on to get things moving while maintaining a full time position. I have a lot of pull with my current boss, so Id feel confident that if I dropped down to part time Id be able to go back to full time if things didnt work out. Thank you for the response, I think Ill maintain full time and buckle down harder on getting more side work until I can cut back at my full time job.  <response>: Cutting down video games and other distractions is something I can work on to get things moving while maintaining a full time position.I would suggest you to try this first. Get rid of the useless apps on your phone which distract you, try to spend more time on your business and see whether you have enough self-motivation to put through with this. What is stopping you from watching more shows instead of working on your business if you would go from full time to part time at the grocery store?Dont get me wrong. I by no means mean to come across as condescending nor do I think that you dont have it in you to start your own business. Im saying this because I worked at the tax authorities, started my own business in filing taxes and giving legal advice on tax matters, and it thrived. However, I wasnt motivated at all to do the work. I dont like the tax authorities, I dont like tax law, and I most certainly dont like working with customers who have a negative attitude against your work in general. People just dont seem to be very fond of taxes. You dont want to fall into that trap where you do work which youre not really motivated for. I always made my deadlines, but I was very happy once I sold my small but thriving business to a third party. To conclude a bit more positively. Best of luck on your endeavours and I truly hope you will make it. Just make sure to not burn any bridges in your current stable job before youve found or created! a viable business yourself. 