PhD and side hustles seem diametrically opposed. It is surprising you want to do both, so ask yourself why. If you want to become rich, then ask how much you w

PhD and side hustles seem diametrically opposed. It is surprising you want to do both, so ask yourself why. If you want to become rich, then ask how much you want to do that, and would you sacrifice all the other things. Quit your job and PhD and do startups, or maybe double down on the job, get up the FAANG levels and build investments. Or is it curiosity driven, maybe you love going deep in the PhD but miss building stuff, so you do the side hussles. Could the PhD be steered towards something more "buildy" (even though it is mainly research and thesis writing). But a lot of AI PhDs they seem to at least build something, and some of it looks like fun stuff. I have a theory about workouts, in that it is a slider scale, not all or nothing. You don't need to do 10 hours a week at the Gym to tick the box (I have mild CFS, which is like having the flu 4 days a week, and I do 2 hours a week, slow paced, to help with that. 0 or 10 would be very bad for me). How much does going to the gym mean to you, maybe you could buy some weights and do most of it at home. Finally you said commitments. I think a lot of that stuff is choices.