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jasonleow

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Indie solopreneur | Creating a diverse portfolio of products + services to $5k monthly revenue. ⛓ sheet2bio.com - link-in-bio via Google Sheets ✍️ golifelog.com - daily writing for creators 🔌 plugins.carrd.co - plugins to power up your Carrd sites 🏛 outsprint.io - design × gov consultancy 📬 jasonleow.substack.com - weekly newsletter for my indie solopreneur journey

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My one goal in September: **Go all in and do well for my consulting gig.** The ironic thing is... I've once wanted to transit out of consulting badly. I wanted to stop doing it. I wanted instead to go fulltime on my indie products. But—here's a BIG but—from a neutral, business point of view it didn't make sense. I'm good at it. The clients I serve are my tribe (especially non-profit folks). It's meaningful. It scales for social good. It pays well. I do enjoy working on it. If you look at the famous ikigai framework, it checks off all the circles. ![ikigai framework](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/tyvToPYsyaZXtaFiUISw-P6abde6j84YSh5o3tXq81c.jpg) Why did I ever think I would want to stop doing this over some internet product that just has 10x less scale, revenue, meaning and social good? It's weird. I wonder if it's influence from social media, from the exciting digital nomad lives I see. Perhaps that made more sense when I was single. But my life stage situation had changed. More stability and routine might actually be beneficial for the family. That's why I recently set an intention for my consulting service have a permanent place in my portfolio of projects. Not just something that pays the bills while I try to grow my indie products. Not something that I transit out of once I make enough MRR. But as a lifestyle, career choice. I admit, sometimes I still get inwardly drawn to the fulltime indie path. But I can have both. I can consult, and also work on products and travel in the off season. Either/or is a false dichotomy.

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