My real-time journal of building an online income alongside a full-time job and a family.
Editor’s note, added July 28, 2026: When I wrote this, $250/day was the goal I was chasing. I no longer think that specific number was realistic for where I actually stood at the time — I explain why, and what I’m doing instead, in this follow-up post. I’m leaving this post up as written. The…
Celebrations are over. Now that the 2nd milestone have been reached, I must put my backpack back on my shoulders and pursue on the road to the 3rd milestone, that of my first dollar in commission. My mindset is good. I’m empowered by the skills I have learned so far. I don’t really know the…
Oh boy, what a step I have accomplished! What a relief! Last summer if you had told me I will have done all the things I did so far by the second month of the new year, I would have said: “no way man!” It is impressive how humans can do progress by making mistakes,…
Imagine a river. You are on one side of the river and your goal, your dream life, is on the other side. At first you think you could get there on a single big jump step, but there’s a risk that you simply fall short in the river. So you look elsewhere trying to find…
