# Scope a side project to fit the life you already have

- Category: mindset
- Author: Bogdan (https://indie.md/people/bogdan-moldovean/)
- Source: https://indie.md/journeys/bogdan-event-newsletter/
- Canonical URL: https://indie.md/advice/build-in-the-margins-of-a-busy-life/

Bogdan has a consulting career and two kids, so he deliberately scoped Event Newsletter to something he could run in the gaps rather than something that demands his full attention. The trick is to choose the product around your real available time, not around an imagined version of yourself with empty evenings. A tightly-scoped tool with a narrow job survives the busy weeks that would kill a more ambitious build. For a dabbler, the right size of project is the one that still gets shipped when life gets loud.