I am constantly battling with how do I fit in the time to build my app?

Some people have funding to work on their app full time, but for most of us we do not have the time to build our application during the day as we have other commitments. I have a full time job, a young family, and I am studying for various qualifications so time is very precious.

Recently I have stopped watching TV in the evening, after my son goes to bed, and instead I use the time to build my web app. I work from 8.30pm to 11.00pm or so and I get so much done as there are no emails or phone calls.

I watched a great video from start up school recently that mentioned that Base Camp was built in one year working 9 hours per week. That inspired me a lot so I have decided to devote 10 hours per week after hours to this project at a minimum.

I have also set a very detailed project management plan, with milestones and deadlines. I am treating this like a paid project, it just so happens that I am the main contractor. I started work on this project last Monday and in less than a week I have a working wireframe, with all pages and fields. It is amazing what you can achieve when you have tight deadlines and a small amount of time, it really keeps you focused.

I think everyone has the time to build their own app, the question is how do you organise it and do you make it a priority in your time planning.