What I did today
Today was a busy day, as they all are. I spent most of the day hard at work at the office, working on some stuff for the day job startup. The day job startup had a lot of stuff going on today so it will get increasingly busy over the next few weeks and months.
That’s scary because I have a lot of stuff going on in my after-work consulting or startup work.
First, it’s absolutely a good thing. It’s better for me to be busier than not. The reality is that I, like many Americans, have more debt that I want. Me being busy means that I’m moving in the right direction to remove that debt.
But, it also means that I will be exceptionally busy as I do all of this work. I’m writing this right now at 9:30 at night and I have, easily, another 4 hours of work to do tonight. Honestly, it will probably end up being closer to 5 or 6.
At some point, this isn’t good for my health.
But, I don’t know what that point is. And until I find it, I’m going to keep doing this work and keep grinding.
What I made today
Job: $128
UpWork: $67.50
KDP: $0
Catalant: $700
Interview Coaching: $0
Medium: <$0.05
Total: $895.50
Today’s pro-rated amount of monthly expenses
Expenses: $212
Today’s Income
Made: $683.50
It was more than 20 hours of work, but it led to a profitable day. Next steps include me needing to figure out how to make this income become passive.
My plan for tomorrow
So, I have a big client landed who is going to be consistent work for the month! That’s extremely exciting, but it also means my plan is pretty clear for what I need to do for the next month.
So, tomorrow is going to be similar work. I’d love to have some more, quick, small work come through on UpWork. But, in the interim, my focus is the day job and the night job
Past Pieces
About the Author & The $0-$1K/Day Case Study
Dean’s goal is to create $1,000/day in passive income through entrepreneurship. Too many people write “success porn” that skates over the struggles many face in entrepreneurship
The reason he writes brief posts here every day on Medium is to share his progress and his struggles. You get the unvarnished truth: what worked, what didn’t, and how much farther is there to go.
The hope is that this series of posts will inspire someone else out there to make their entrepreneurship dreams happen.
Dean Woods is currently a VC-backed startup executive by day and a bootstrapped micro-startup CEO by night. Prior to working in startups, Dean was at Boston Consulting Group. Dean graduated with honors from The Wharton School.
