Day 252 - My 1001 days being an indie hacker https://golifelog.com/posts/my-1001-days-being-an-indie-hacker-1631151562135
Someone on Twitter asked me about how my past three years as a maker had been, and that got me thinking deeply about it my journey so far.
The painful truth is, despite making leaps in growth and learning, I’m still far from realising my original aspiration – to make a liveable living as an indie hacker. Currently, my goal is to get $5k monthly recurring revenue.
Between working hard versus working smart, I’d mostly went at it by being the most consistent and hard worker I can be. I’m a big believer of consistency and the compounding effects of habits. But lately I’m starting to doubt if consistent habits alone are enough for entrepreneurial success.
The short answer is, no.
The data is just not showing a net positive effect. Just have a sense that something is missing…
So I know how to design, learned how to create, learning how to market. Would these be enough to succeed? What other roles and skill stacks do I still need after this? How much longer do I need to take before I can get to the success I envisioned? How much runway do I have left to try? I’m feeling impatient.
Three years since, yet I feel like I’ve only just started. I hope the day I reach my $5k MRR goal isn’t too far.
The painful truth is, despite making leaps in growth and learning, I’m still far from realising my original aspiration – to make a liveable living as an indie hacker. Currently, my goal is to get $5k monthly recurring revenue.
Between working hard versus working smart, I’d mostly went at it by being the most consistent and hard worker I can be. I’m a big believer of consistency and the compounding effects of habits. But lately I’m starting to doubt if consistent habits alone are enough for entrepreneurial success.
The short answer is, no.
The data is just not showing a net positive effect. Just have a sense that something is missing…
So I know how to design, learned how to create, learning how to market. Would these be enough to succeed? What other roles and skill stacks do I still need after this? How much longer do I need to take before I can get to the success I envisioned? How much runway do I have left to try? I’m feeling impatient.
Three years since, yet I feel like I’ve only just started. I hope the day I reach my $5k MRR goal isn’t too far.