I have one more time block to go but I'm bailing on it so I can end my day early. I'm gonna have dinner on time and sleep early. Past two weeks I've been eating & sleeping late and racking up horrific sleep debt.
Been checking out other people's Upwork profiles, and watching a bunch of roasts to see how I can improve. Nick personally roasts each one on Maker School; yeah he's that serious! (Which is why I keep saying the monthly fee is worth it.) By tomorrow I should be able to record a short intro video and complete my profile.
I also learnt we can sell predefined projects on Upwork. Basically productised services, complete with pricing tiers! This makes selling a lot easier. Tomorrow I'll figure out how to put together at least 3 services that I can offer.
Example of a predefined project on Upwork
Btw if you want to see exactly what I ship each day (including client work and workouts), come join me on WIP. Find me @poppacalypse. Lots of inspiring makers there like Mark Köhlbrugge (WIP founder), Pieter Levels, Fajar Siddiq, and Jason Leow.
I have a degree in Marketing Management from University of Otago, New Zealand. I ran a successful restaurant for 13 years in Singapore, a brutally competitive market for F&B. I also ran a bakery for 7 of those years. I sold both businesses for 6 figures in 2019.
Then I taught myself to code, and have been working in software since. In 2021, I was hired as General Manager for a restaurant software startup, where I helped market and grow the app to $400k/year revenue.
On the side, I started building my own small projects, aimed at near-passive income. So began a 10,000-hour-long experiment to see if I can make $10k/month by "f*cking around and finding out". This blog is a daily record of the real hours spent & dollars earned.
