Monk life

10k Hours Progress (11.73%)

$10k/mo Progress (26.24%)

// Monk life

03 January 2023

Went all in today and finished fnb.tools' first article! Also added email capture forms in the header, sidebar, and About sections. Added more XP to my Jekyll skills.

I'm absolutely relishing this "monk life", and the fact no one chases me even if I decide to slack on some tasks. I think I've finally unlocked the perfect lifestyle!

I worked hard (by learning to code) to get here and I should be super proud of myself. Coding brought me more freedom and happyness than I ever imagined.

Earned: $0.00 // Time: 11.0 hours

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About

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.

Banner art L-R © Me, Citadel 9, me, me, me.

Inspirations:
Daily blogging - Alex West
Design - JWZ, p0libius
10k Hours - Ryan Kulp

Stats

Journey start: 28 March 2022

Progress logs: 226

∑ Time spent: 1172.7 hours (11.73% to 10k)

Avg time/mo: 23.1 hours

∑ Dollars earned: $133,271.02

$/mo: $2,624.04 (26.24% to $10k/m)

$/hour: $113.64

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