🎉🎉 Encore update to MRR by $16! That means... I JUST F**KING HIT $100 MRR!!!
Here's the crazy story of what happen... and how I meant Santa Claus in real life:
- Andrey Azimov of Sheet2site fame DMed me after seeing my tweet about $84 MRR.
- He wanted me to charge him a $16 subscription to close the $100 MRR goal before 2021 is up!
- "Are you serious? I don't even have a $16 subscription package" I said!
- "Go make one in Stripe and charge me now"
- "OK"
- Aaaand the rest is history
And that's how I hit my MRR goal of $100 in 2021. By the pure generosity of others. Made all the more meaningful that it happened on Christmas Day, a day and season of giving.
Andrey was my real life Santa Claus
- Andrey Azimov of Sheet2site fame DMed me after seeing my tweet about $84 MRR.
- He wanted me to charge him a $16 subscription to close the $100 MRR goal before 2021 is up!
- "Are you serious? I don't even have a $16 subscription package" I said!
- "Go make one in Stripe and charge me now"
- "OK"
- Aaaand the rest is history
And that's how I hit my MRR goal of $100 in 2021. By the pure generosity of others. Made all the more meaningful that it happened on Christmas Day, a day and season of giving.
Andrey was my real life Santa Claus
Last update on MRR progress bar for the year... At $84 now!
Was stuck at $60 MRR since April. It finally moved in Dec!
I think $84 will be the last update for the year. There's still $20 unrealized MRR which won't be charged till mid-Jan (due to 30-day free trials), but at least that means I have hit $100 MRR on paper in 2021!
I think $84 will be the last update for the year. There's still $20 unrealized MRR which won't be charged till mid-Jan (due to 30-day free trials), but at least that means I have hit $100 MRR on paper in 2021!
💵 Received payment for an annual subscription $110... thanks Justin!
That moves MRR to $84 now!
[Backdated] Got a new subscriber - thank you Christine!
Day 359 - 99% sleep - https://golifelog.com/posts/99percent-sleep-1640394437271
Great way to end off my first calendar year in sleep biohacking (I started in 4th Jan) by hitting 99% on sleep score last night!
🌙 Bedtime 8:08pm
⏰ Wake time 4:35am
🛌 In bed for 8h 25m
😴 Asleep for 7h 51m
❤️ Heart rate 75bpm
📈 Sleep score 99%
Anything is possible after this.
🌙 Bedtime 8:08pm
⏰ Wake time 4:35am
🛌 In bed for 8h 25m
😴 Asleep for 7h 51m
❤️ Heart rate 75bpm
📈 Sleep score 99%
Anything is possible after this.
Twitter marketing - learned/applied new tricks
• the Related tweet at the end of a thread - add a related tweet to keep the reader reading...how brilliant to apply something from blogs to a Twitter thread
• RTing yesterday's tweets about 12h later to catch followers from a different timezone
• Undoing RTs of own tweets the next day so that my feed on my profile wouldn't have annoying repeats of the same tweets
• Replying to other people's tweets using my own tweet (pasting the tweet url) plus some personal comments - a way to increase engagement on the tweet/profile, especially if a tweet is already going viral and you want to bump it up further. Similar effect to a RT/QT by someone else?
• setting time slots for certain types of content - 6am: 1st RT of yst tweet, 7am: 2nd RT of yst tweet, 11am: 5am club tweets, 1-2pm: RT of popular tweets from way back, 4pm: founder/creator tweets, 6pm: creator + writing tweets
• setting batch notifications for Twitter - to reduce distractions during the day
• RTing yesterday's tweets about 12h later to catch followers from a different timezone
• Undoing RTs of own tweets the next day so that my feed on my profile wouldn't have annoying repeats of the same tweets
• Replying to other people's tweets using my own tweet (pasting the tweet url) plus some personal comments - a way to increase engagement on the tweet/profile, especially if a tweet is already going viral and you want to bump it up further. Similar effect to a RT/QT by someone else?
• setting time slots for certain types of content - 6am: 1st RT of yst tweet, 7am: 2nd RT of yst tweet, 11am: 5am club tweets, 1-2pm: RT of popular tweets from way back, 4pm: founder/creator tweets, 6pm: creator + writing tweets
• setting batch notifications for Twitter - to reduce distractions during the day
Day 358 - Another tweet goes viral + hitting 2k followers - https://golifelog.com/posts/another-tweet-goes-viral-hitting-2k-followers-1640300114262
https://twitter.com/jasonleowsg/status/1473201585744400387
Some stats:
👁 Impressions 47,724
🤝 Total engagements 1,758
🔎 Detail expands 651
👤 Profile clicks 526
💙 Likes 488
🔁 Retweets 77
💬 Replies 15
This is my second-most viral tweet, compared to one that garnered 50k impressions in Oct.
A few thoughts and analysis:
• It’s always the one you least expect
• Emote it - tag a strong emotion to it
• Sweet endings - pair the emotion with a positive, actionable emotion
Some stats:
👁 Impressions 47,724
🤝 Total engagements 1,758
🔎 Detail expands 651
👤 Profile clicks 526
💙 Likes 488
🔁 Retweets 77
💬 Replies 15
This is my second-most viral tweet, compared to one that garnered 50k impressions in Oct.
A few thoughts and analysis:
• It’s always the one you least expect
• Emote it - tag a strong emotion to it
• Sweet endings - pair the emotion with a positive, actionable emotion
Almost to 2000 on Twitter!
5th Jul - 1003 followers
23rd Dec - 1979 followers
A lot can change in 6mths!
23rd Dec - 1979 followers
A lot can change in 6mths!
🚀 Twitter marketing - another tweet goes viral yaaay!
https://twitter.com/jasonleowsg/status/1473201585744400387
Day 357 - Fit AF goal https://golifelog.com/posts/fit-af-goal-1640219744599
So I created a new goal for 2022 – Fit AF.
What
It’s me voting for my health by committing to workouts and runs that I used to do with ease.
Present state: Run 20m, walk 100m. Can’t even do a few pull-ups.
Future state at end of 2022: Run 2km without rest. Deadlift at least body weight.
Why
• Since the baby and pandemic arrived, I stopped stopped exercising
• Keto diet helped me keep weight off, but just diet alone is not enough
• Go beyond simply maintaining to thriving, from physical health to physical wellness.
• Cardio for overall health, and strength training for building muscle mass, increasing insulin sensitivity.
• Exercise better, not longer.
How
• Start laughably small, and progress incrementally
• I got the whole year to make progress
• No milestone targets, just increase load as I feel
Running
Every Monday at 5am, go for a 10min walk and return. Lay out my workout clothes on Sunday night to reduce barrier.
Lifting
Front-carry my son for his daily walks (~10kg) as a start
What
It’s me voting for my health by committing to workouts and runs that I used to do with ease.
Present state: Run 20m, walk 100m. Can’t even do a few pull-ups.
Future state at end of 2022: Run 2km without rest. Deadlift at least body weight.
Why
• Since the baby and pandemic arrived, I stopped stopped exercising
• Keto diet helped me keep weight off, but just diet alone is not enough
• Go beyond simply maintaining to thriving, from physical health to physical wellness.
• Cardio for overall health, and strength training for building muscle mass, increasing insulin sensitivity.
• Exercise better, not longer.
How
• Start laughably small, and progress incrementally
• I got the whole year to make progress
• No milestone targets, just increase load as I feel
Running
Every Monday at 5am, go for a 10min walk and return. Lay out my workout clothes on Sunday night to reduce barrier.
Lifting
Front-carry my son for his daily walks (~10kg) as a start
Day 356 - The only good reason to buy a supercar https://golifelog.com/posts/the-only-good-reason-to-buy-a-supercar-1640148687365
But even if hypothetically speaking I’m wealthy enough to buy one, it won’t be to drive or to show off, but to get access to the exclusive Buggati events, and therefore access to the high networth individuals who own Buggati cars.
Attend those exclusive events, network and know these ultra-wealthy people, in order to increase surface area for luck and opportunities.
That’s the ultimate, social capital leverage.
Like the oft-quoted cliche, your network is your networth.
I can get around that.
Attend those exclusive events, network and know these ultra-wealthy people, in order to increase surface area for luck and opportunities.
That’s the ultimate, social capital leverage.
Like the oft-quoted cliche, your network is your networth.
I can get around that.
Twitter marketing - scheduled tweets, engaged people who liked/RT my writing tweets
Day 355 - Naps on my chair https://golifelog.com/posts/naps-on-my-chair-1640043222709
I recently learned a new sleep trick – napping from my chair.
- close your eyes, lean back fully on chair, and rest head against the head-rest.
- progressively relax eyes, mind, shoulders, torso and legs.
- 90% of the time you'll was awake and conscious, but once you reached a certain threshold of relaxation, your brain would wink off for just an instant. It felt like the brain blinking shut for one second, and then back on again to full awareness.
Pretty weird experience, but the effect is noticeable.
Another sleep hack in my arsenal!
- close your eyes, lean back fully on chair, and rest head against the head-rest.
- progressively relax eyes, mind, shoulders, torso and legs.
- 90% of the time you'll was awake and conscious, but once you reached a certain threshold of relaxation, your brain would wink off for just an instant. It felt like the brain blinking shut for one second, and then back on again to full awareness.
Pretty weird experience, but the effect is noticeable.
Another sleep hack in my arsenal!
I don't remember but I believe Benjamin Franklin used to do the same thing, he held a key while he was trying to take a nap on his chair and as soon as he slept the key would fall from his hand and that nosie would wake him up…
Day 354 - Choose the harder problem - https://golifelog.com/posts/choose-the-harder-problem-1639956280709
“Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.” they say.
It’s easier to make a hard product, or tackle a hard problem space.
Easier than trying to make an easy product successful.
Easier than trying to succeed in a crowded, saturated market.
Easier than trying to stand out from a sea of sameness.
So… choose the harder problem.
Easy product, hard success. Hard product, easy success.
It’s easier to make a hard product, or tackle a hard problem space.
Easier than trying to make an easy product successful.
Easier than trying to succeed in a crowded, saturated market.
Easier than trying to stand out from a sea of sameness.
So… choose the harder problem.
Easy product, hard success. Hard product, easy success.
Day 353 - Mindfull https://golifelog.com/posts/mindfull-1639878727818
I just had my first run in two years, since the son arrived and the pandemic started. I had a newfound appreciation for muscles I never knew existed.
It’s also the first time in two years I ever went screen-free for an extended block of time. Two hours, to be exact. And after so much screentime all of the time over the past two years, I really felt the difference.
My mind was dying to be screen-free.
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First goal for 2022 set - Fit AF! Getting back my fitness for 2022!
It’s also the first time in two years I ever went screen-free for an extended block of time. Two hours, to be exact. And after so much screentime all of the time over the past two years, I really felt the difference.
My mind was dying to be screen-free.
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First goal for 2022 set - Fit AF! Getting back my fitness for 2022!
Twitter marketing - new direct engagement hack!
Every day, go to my tweet about writing
Click on Likes
See who liked the tweet
Open a new tab for every profile page
Reply to one of their tweets
Do the same for RTs
Rinse and repeat daily
Click on Likes
See who liked the tweet
Open a new tab for every profile page
Reply to one of their tweets
Do the same for RTs
Rinse and repeat daily
Day 352 - Discipline is the highest form of self-love https://golifelog.com/posts/discipline-is-the-highest-form-of-self-love-1639794919142
Previously,
• discipline is cheaper than regret
• discipline equals freedom
Today: discipline is the highest form of self love
• discipline is cheaper than regret
• discipline equals freedom
Today: discipline is the highest form of self love
Day 351 Rest ≠ stop - https://golifelog.com/posts/rest-stop-1639698675534
Learn to rest, not stop.
Twitter marketing - 'fought' on Twitter today, lost some followers. Good purging actually! If you can't take it at when I fight, you don't deserve me at my best.
😍 Got a new subscriber - thank you Ev!
Day 350 - Rough notes for 2022 - https://golifelog.com/posts/rough-notes-for-2022-1639611489551
I’m starting on my annual review of 2021 and thinking ahead for 2022. But cold starts are hard, so for warm up I started by simply doing an unordered and unranked list of the goals and projects that’s top of mind:
New projects
• B2B (micro-)SaaS – something with $5k MRR potential within 1-2 years.
• Create a new product off GPT-3
Follow my curiosities
• Notion templates
• NFTs
• Making a physical/hand-crafted product
• Sketching
Existing projects/work
• Upgrading Plugins For Carrd to main project, and launching an improved v2
• Continue development and marketing for Lifelog – mint NFT? Create new standout features like Wait But Why’s “Your Life in Weeks” visual?
Invest more in crypto – BTC, ETH, alt coins, and NFTs
• Consultancy: Raise consulting day rate and nail down 2 projects for the year
Health
• Run and lift
• 90% sleep targets – invest in Apple Watch? Oura?
• Final touches to posture-friendly work space – webcam, microphone, mouse
Life
• Home repairs
• Kid’s classes
New projects
• B2B (micro-)SaaS – something with $5k MRR potential within 1-2 years.
• Create a new product off GPT-3
Follow my curiosities
• Notion templates
• NFTs
• Making a physical/hand-crafted product
• Sketching
Existing projects/work
• Upgrading Plugins For Carrd to main project, and launching an improved v2
• Continue development and marketing for Lifelog – mint NFT? Create new standout features like Wait But Why’s “Your Life in Weeks” visual?
Invest more in crypto – BTC, ETH, alt coins, and NFTs
• Consultancy: Raise consulting day rate and nail down 2 projects for the year
Health
• Run and lift
• 90% sleep targets – invest in Apple Watch? Oura?
• Final touches to posture-friendly work space – webcam, microphone, mouse
Life
• Home repairs
• Kid’s classes
🔥 Breaking my 108-day streak for LifeBlog today – had been fun doing it for this long. Time for a well-deserved break, and course-correction!
Day 349 - Sleep quantity is nothing without quality https://golifelog.com/posts/sleep-quantity-is-nothing-without-quality-1639522329954
Beyond 6.5h, sleep quantity is nothing without quality.
Most of my sleep biohacking journey so far had been about finding ways to get more sleep. Some hacks do contribute to sleep quality, like less screentime, magnesium supplements etc. But my focus had seldom been on improving quality specifically, and it’s time to change that.
Time for the next phase of learning! How to get better quality sleep.
Most of my sleep biohacking journey so far had been about finding ways to get more sleep. Some hacks do contribute to sleep quality, like less screentime, magnesium supplements etc. But my focus had seldom been on improving quality specifically, and it’s time to change that.
Time for the next phase of learning! How to get better quality sleep.
Day 348 - Twitter reset v3.2 https://golifelog.com/posts/twitter-reset-v32-1639442241495
New v3.2 approach
It’s great to now have a ‘6pm channel’ where I talk directly about writing in the first tweet, and then mention about Lifelog in the second tweet.
I realised this doesn’t have to be just a one-way broadcasting but also a way to ‘catch’ potential leads. Every account that engages in any way with my writing tweets becomes a lead. And I realised I’d not leveraged on that opportunity much. Other than simply shouting at them about Lifelog, there’s so much more I can do:
• Engage everyone who likes, replies or RTs a writing-related tweet/reply from me, by visiting their profile page and leaving a reply on one of their own tweets.
• Engage every follower who follows the Lifelog Twitter account, by using my personal account. Visit their profile page and leave a reply on one of their own tweets.
• After a few replies back and forth, DM them to chat about writing.
• Make friends. Continue engaging.
That’s it. It ends at the making friends part. I think with continued engagement without upfront selling, if they are ready they will check out Lifelog and try it.
Do you think this works?
It’s great to now have a ‘6pm channel’ where I talk directly about writing in the first tweet, and then mention about Lifelog in the second tweet.
I realised this doesn’t have to be just a one-way broadcasting but also a way to ‘catch’ potential leads. Every account that engages in any way with my writing tweets becomes a lead. And I realised I’d not leveraged on that opportunity much. Other than simply shouting at them about Lifelog, there’s so much more I can do:
• Engage everyone who likes, replies or RTs a writing-related tweet/reply from me, by visiting their profile page and leaving a reply on one of their own tweets.
• Engage every follower who follows the Lifelog Twitter account, by using my personal account. Visit their profile page and leave a reply on one of their own tweets.
• After a few replies back and forth, DM them to chat about writing.
• Make friends. Continue engaging.
That’s it. It ends at the making friends part. I think with continued engagement without upfront selling, if they are ready they will check out Lifelog and try it.
Do you think this works?