When I started working online "full-time" (about 4 years ago), I was putting in ALOT of hours most days (10-12hrs). But it was definitely worth the effort.
Being involved in affiliate marketing has made it alot easier as I didn't have any of my own products and services that needed constant customer support. So my average hours spent daily is down to 3-5 hours. Depending on what needs to be done still.
In the past year I have also gotten involved with (which is another incredible income stream) which only takes little time out of my daily schedule.
My weekday schedule is something like this:
9:30am to "maybe" 11:00am (ET) - Doing my Day Trading ... ALOT of times I'm done within a half hour and "rarely" past 11am.
11:00am to 2:00pm (ET) - Errands and whatever else I need to do to support my home biz.
Then the rest of the afternoons and weekends are free usually. In the summertime, I allocate ALOT MORE FREE TIME!
But, I tell you what ... I realize that I am very fortunate to be working for myself. I value my "free time" and while I initially had to work alot of hours, I have NO regrets at all.
I'm not where I want to be financially yet, but I'm getting closer every week. AND ... I'm having a BLAST doing it!
My nickel anyway ...
Rick Wilson aka CorpRebel