[Schiendelman]

Employed people can do that too. I suspect that people who are employed have higher impact on their non-work goals because they've learned to structure their time and prioritize more ruthlessly than people who don't have that pressure.

[andsoitis]

Sure, but You have way more hours in the day when you don’t have a job. If your partner has one, you have more degrees of freedom.

[Schiendelman]

I really don't think hours in the day matters much. You can always make time for a priority, unless you have kids. But I've never seen people without a job dig in and create change, I think maybe the personalities who are okay with not working often don't have that drive?

Spending two hours a day on something is huge. It's the habit that matters a lot more than the total hours.