What I Do All Day Now That I Don’t Have a 9–5
Spoiler: It’s not Netflix and naps. But it is better than Teams notifications and awkward Zoom calls.
There are usually two versions of me:
☀️ The one backpacking through Europe, road-tripping across Canada, skiing in Jasper, surfing in Tofino, or wandering some random city in search of the world’s best chai latte.
🏡 Or the one at home, living a quiet life filled with plants, hot yoga, and passive income.
Either way, I’m doing exactly what I dreamed of when I quit my job.
I didn’t want a schedule. I didn’t want to ask for time off. I didn’t want to waste my life behind a desk wondering if it could be different.
So I made it different.
Here’s what my average day looks like now that I work for myself:
☀️ MORNING: Slow, intentional, and silent
No alarm. No commute. No rushing out the door.
But also… no 5K run, no cold plunges, no 5AM meditations.
Those die-hard morning routines are brutal and I’m just a girl.
Most days, I wake up slow. Make tea. Sit in my yard. Water the plants. Walk the dog. Breathe.
I check my phone because… I run a business. I want to see if there’s anything urgent from my VA/OBM clients, students from my courses, or people in my DMs who want to work with me.
Sometimes there is. Sometimes there isn’t.
Sometimes I head to hot yoga or Pilates. Sometimes I hit up the Italian centre for an extra fancy breakfast because I can.
And sometimes (OK, often), I get a sales notification that someone bought a digital product while I’m stretching in a yoga class… which basically means I got paid to go to yoga.
Girl math.
💻 LATE MORNING: Get-shit-done time
Once I’ve mentally checked in and caffeinated accordingly, I sit down for deep work.
Usually 3-4 hours of focused work is enough. That’s when I handle any client work, projects, admin stuff, or course updates.
No back-to-back meetings. No staring at the clock. Just get in, get it done, and move on.
It doesn’t take 8 hours a day to do a day of work and I’ll fight anyone who says differently.
☀️ AFTERNOON: Walks + content creation
After lunch, I take my hot girl walk with my dog. Best part of the day.
Then, content creation. Because creating content is actually part of my job.
Content is the thing that markets my business. It’s how people find me. It’s how they end up in my world and buy my digital products.
So whether I’m filming a Reel, writing a Substack post (like this one), or planning content ideas, I’m technically “working”… but it’s fun because it’s just me being me.
That’s the beauty of a content-driven business. Your life becomes the marketing. Your lifestyle becomes the brand.
🌙 EVENING: Whatever I want
No rushing home. No making dinner. No prepping lunch for tomorrow. No Sunday scaries.
Evenings are for hobbies, working on my house reno, gardening, reading, visiting a friend or family, or just doing nothing.
And here’s the thing, I could be doing more.
I could hustle harder, cram more into my calendar, wake up earlier, or scale faster.
If I worked harder, I could go from $15K-$40K months to $100K-$200K months.
But why?
I didn’t build this life to be in a rush. I built it to enjoy it.
I’m 34 and CoastFIRE so I’ll take my grandma schedule, thank you very much.
(at least until the day I get bored and decide to do more)
I used to think this kind of life was not meant for me.
Turns out, all you really need is a laptop, some Wi-Fi, and the audacity to believe in yourself before anyone else does.
This life isn’t just for the lucky ones.
It’s for the ones who start.
Here is your guide on how to do just that.