Got an IRL Side Hustle? Succeed Sooner with these Stardew Valley Lessons

Accelerate your growth and reach profitability, by applying these learnings from the Stardew Valley universe.

As a game in itself, I still highly recommend it. Source: stardewvalley.net

In the entrepreneurial world it’s all about optimising time, productivity, and efficiency until you can reach profitability. Whilst these topics have already been covered time and time again (can anyone say, “eat the frog”?), there’s a few untapped lessons lurking in the video game Stardew Valley. Here’s the most important lessons I took from the game, that I use every day to achieve more with less—in the long run.

Spoiler warning: there are mild Stardew Valley spoilers ahead, from the early game.

Time isn’t your problem. Energy is.

Yes, make time, but don’t forget the energy. Made using ImgFlip.

The old way of thinking about productivity has reached its limits. We’re told growing up that time is money, and that efficiency is the key to get more done with your day. It does work for a while, but we typically carry on riding that train until we burn out. Instead of managing and making time in the literal sense, you really want to be thinking…