How makers stay productive

It's pretty easy for me.

• Put the V4(?) online with NameRobot (hope until the end of the month)
• QUIQQER e-commerce ready to be used by others as well
• Create at least 3 new services with QUIQQER
• Test Sequry and finish the first final version (http://sequry.io)
• Found a third company to deal with these services + Sequry
• And maybe, if there is still time, start building QUIQQER Community … but I'm not sure if I can do it this year yet

• learn more javascript
• make more money
• write blog posts
• finish own website theme (again)
• collect feedback and improve things

Mine are similar.

1. Learn nodejs
2. Make some MRR
3. Write more! I redesigned a brand-spanking new blog from scratch. Need to use it more often.
4. Grow Makerlog and continue the roadmap.

Mine is next:

• build an advertising network
• make some revenue
• maybe marry, not sure 😅
• build a first mobile app
• change job, not ready to be a full-time indie maker
• learn much more about programming, money

• Release Venture Cost (Yes, believe it or not)
• Travel through Europe
• Create 2 startups (Already thought of one idea)
• Get a bit more fit, just to stay healthy basically
• Figure out why I have Brain fog…
• Reach 1000 Followers on Twitter

• Read 24 books
• Keep doing my morning routine of some flexibility exercises and meditation
• Start my own business and launch 2-3 apps
• Learn how to kite surf
• Release a song to Spotify

@tomaswoksepp can't wait for the first!!!

• Get a full-time or part-time gig to stabilize income

• Learn how to build a consistent lead source

• Grow a product to $1,000 MRR

• Read a lot of books (last year's goal was 70, I read 16)

• Make $1000 on the internet
• Actually learn design
• Actually learn marketing
• Publish an article per week
• Reach ProductHunt #1
• Get to 5000 Twitter followers
• Go to LaraconEU
• Speak at a meetup
• Launch 12 products

I have my insane goal to manage to work 8 hours every day and do it in a consistent and sustainable way. By doing it as a challenge (EverBetterChallenge) I trick my self to do that, also your Makerlog helps a lot.

This is then helping me reach all my other goals:

• Build our secret Social App
• Rebuild Appernetic
• Build a Chat Boot that predicts the stock market.
• Freelance for clients
• Get lots of money in my Bank Account.

So far so good. Have been overworking a bit. Averaging on 10 - 11 hours now.

Mine:

• Consistently log 6+ hours of focused work time a day
• Improve my work / life balance, reduce procrastination
• Learn VueJS and build a personal task / finance tracking system
• Design and launch a t-shirt design on Cotton Bureau
• Design and get a tattoo
• Run a 5K

Last year I actually built and released a thing, after a couple years of noodling on stuff.

This year, wanna ingrain good habits, increase momentum.

Couple top of mind specifics:

• read more books
• keep doing daily mindfulness
• start writing daily
• get beta users for ProjectPoll; keep adding features+polish
• be more honest, purposeful and focused. Less worried about appearing smart or successful :D

Goals..jeez, too many!

• continue to build our small business
• time management (😅)
• find new customers
• create influencers program
• grow subscribers
• finally take time to read all the blog posts, articles and notes I have bookmarked
• continuing to grow our following on IG
• have more fun 😉

Hm… I hadn’t really thought about it. Let’s see…

• start freelancing on the side (the actual hard part is getting the required license and figuring out the taxes and accounting)
• travel to a few other EU countries (relatively easy and cheap to do but I don’t like traveling by myself which complicates things)
• become conversational in Japanese (just the basics really)
• make a personal website/blog/portfolio that I am proud of and reflects who I am

Here is my list

• Brainstorm and make at least 4 products
• Learn GraphQL, Flutter, and TypeScript
• Improve physical activities (running, yoga and meditation)
• Improve sleep timings

@sergio Build profitable products and quit my 9-to-5 job!

This too real @wassim. That's goals too.

@anna depending on where you live you can start freelancing without a company by hiring your employer. Here in Sweden we have for example Frilansfinans, Gigster and Coolcompany. They take care of invoicing, accounting and taxes.

How's everyone's progress? I'm doing great, pretty much where I expected to be at at this time.