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How does Elon Musk do it all?

The writing bug 🐛
4 min readAug 29, 2020

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Opened my eyes with a bittersweet taste of saying goodbye to my pillow and bed. Washed my face, got some water. Then got my husbands' lunch box ready and my daughters' breakfast. Then took my coffee upstairs with my mind of making lists for what needs to be done today as a priority, and as a bonus if time and my monkey approve. In this entire time I’ve kept thinking back to…how does Elon Musk do it all???

I’m not running an empire, building future cars and spaceships. Helping stranded kids out of caves, or anything close to that. My life is quite tame and mundane compared to his. Do I’ve listened to some interviews with him, read a few articles, and this man does not sleep, is utterly organized, plus has a personal life if I’m not mistaken just became a father again last year, or at the beginning of this year. While I’m struggling with my job, trying to have my home tidy and clean, something in the fridge readily cooked, spend some time with my husband and daughter, make sure I at least call from time to time the close family and friends we have, and squeeze in some me time so I can write, and at the end of the day sleep. Know sleep has become my passion.

If you go and try to find some information regarding his sleep regime you will find various articles. The most common things do are the fact that he allows himself seven to eight hours aday for personal time. By personal time, he seems to be referring to free time and sleep time. He has been reportedly working 80 and 120 hours weeks, while making two companies run, and the two have avoided bankruptcy in a time when things were and still are going downhill. The man is a live legend, he has been called 21st century’s Thomas Edison, and in good right. Let’s just have a look at the top seven things he has invented:

#1 Tesla Motors, electric car

When you hear Tesla you straight away think Elon Musk. And the other way around. I’m not going to bore you with the mechanics that I clearly don’t understand, and would definitely put to shame if I tried to. But wow, what a creation.

#2 X.com (PayPal) e-payments

Just found out that he created a small company that eventually merged with Confinity and continued by the name of the product Confinity was best known. Then they…

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The writing bug 🐛

Normal person likes to read, sleep. And as of lately to write alongside my husband in here. Must bring your whole self to the table if you want to thrive today.