I'm doing this right now with http://zencastr.com. It's still in beta so it hasn't made money yet.
Not sure if I'm very qualified to give tips but one thing that has helped immensely is that I work remotely and have a job where I can choose my hours. If I have an emergency with my side project I can usually tend to it immediately. I also don't have to work a full 40 hour week so that gives me time to work on Zencastr.
Sometimes it has been hard to keep things moving on it. It is quite easy to go a week without making any progress. Especially if I am up against a bug that is proving hard to figure out.
One thing that really helped push forward consistently was to make a trello list of todos. Then every day (almost), I make sure to cross something off of that list. It might only be a small copy change, or simple style tweak. As long as I cross something off every day I'm making progress. Typically I find that once I'm making a small change it gets me in the zone to work on bigger stuff while I'm there as well. Then weekends are typically when I really dig in and get stuff done.
We had our first baby right in the middle of all of this as well. Having a supportive partner definitely makes a big difference.
Not sure if I'm very qualified to give tips but one thing that has helped immensely is that I work remotely and have a job where I can choose my hours. If I have an emergency with my side project I can usually tend to it immediately. I also don't have to work a full 40 hour week so that gives me time to work on Zencastr.
Sometimes it has been hard to keep things moving on it. It is quite easy to go a week without making any progress. Especially if I am up against a bug that is proving hard to figure out.
One thing that really helped push forward consistently was to make a trello list of todos. Then every day (almost), I make sure to cross something off of that list. It might only be a small copy change, or simple style tweak. As long as I cross something off every day I'm making progress. Typically I find that once I'm making a small change it gets me in the zone to work on bigger stuff while I'm there as well. Then weekends are typically when I really dig in and get stuff done.
We had our first baby right in the middle of all of this as well. Having a supportive partner definitely makes a big difference.
Hope that is helpful.