Answer. I worked full time while starting my side gig. Back then it was just fun. I pursued streaming because I loved it. Schedule: 5 am: wake up 6 am: at Netflix HQ 4 pm: leave HQ 4:20pm: hang with kids 7:00pm put kids to bed / read to them -------- 3 nights a week I did streaming from 8pm to ~midnight, sometimes later I truly did it for the love of the game and I wouldn't recommend anyone to this lifestyle, but I wanted it. I absolutely abused myself and my body because on the weekends I wanted to be with my family. During this time I had three kids and later on my wife was pregnant with a fourth. It was absolutely one of the harder parts of my life, but I would not trade it for anything