haha… I knew I would be inconsistent with this whole blogging thing. at least I’m not shit posting. Anyways – I’ve been super busy. Exploring SAAS opportunities. I build these platforms every day for other people so I wanted to do my own. 2 Days in I have a stable build. needs some more changes before going live so let’s see. I’m trying to employ a “less is more” mindset. I have found that I spend more time on the complexities rather than actually getting results so trying to spend more time doing and less time on my IDE. I’m sure this app will go unused by most people besides me and my clients but it’s a learning opportunity. I want to expand into in-house dev. I’m in the middle of rebranding and restructuring to help me scale. I spent a lot of time last year working 16+ hour days for clients and it wasn’t healthy. but in the service industry, it’s a must. I sell my time and knowledge. But I’d like to separate that and sell a service or benefit and not my physical time. It’s a hard transition and will take time but I’m willing to be patient. I’m so glad I learnt how to keep to it rather than give up a week in.
My 21st birthday is in a few weeks so I had a chance to look back over the last 3 years and I have done well. Started a profitable business. Pulled myself out of debt and started to become a trusted member in my professional career. I wanted to slow down but I miss read that. I wanted to feel less overwhelmed. My W//L balance was a mess. It made me unhappy and resentful. I feel like I can find that balance but still stay persistent and innovative! – It just needs refocus and regrouping. Cutting ties and taking hits to make sure I am in the right lane.
Anyway, I hope I keep to this. I might forget about this place again. As I said, I’m hoping to expand my outreach with more than just an unread blog.
Author: Josh
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Work // Life Balance
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Do I still enjoy developing?
Okay well, Yes & No. I have been running a development agency for 2 years now. I only found some success in the last 6 months. I have been developing all sorts since I was around 13. It’s not like it was anything decent. A majority of my skills came from the last 3 years of working in the professional field. I get incredibly frustrated, As a person who works in the service industry you deal with something most other businesses also have, Clients! I love them. These people are fantastic. You all have the same drive to be greater and do better. But the service industry sucks. It’s so tiring, issues come up all the time. you don’t see eye to eye with the end user. It’s a game of majority loss. So at the end of my day, you would think – I close my laptop and walk away. Hmmmmm. No – I drag it with me: Mainly to get the job done at 11 PM but I still find so much joy in making tools and testing my own crazy ideas.
This helped me advance my skills incredibly quickly. The make & break method. – Make something. Then it breaks and try to not do that. I still love this field. I’m glued to blogs like TechCrunch, StartupZA & creators like LTT, MKBHD & fireship. I stay up to watch every WWDC & Apple Event. I live and breathe this space. I hope I still do in the future. I still enjoy it. All the time? Not so much. Go touch some grass or something. Also, the sheer amount of caffeine I consume while working is insane so it’s for my benefit I find some space. 😀 -
Blogging?
Idk man, blogging was super popular about a decade ago. Thx media based social networks! I have a PHD in yapping but I’m just not very comfortable with doing short-form content. So i guess this is a great way to talk to a small audience and talk about whatever the fuck I want to talk about. Let’s see if I decide to keep doing this or if I forget about it in a week. Still building out the site and trying to integrate it into other platforms so when I do post it’s shared. Currently it’s just threads cause I hate twitter or X. Ugh. Maybe LinkedIn? I guess it could work there but that place is filled with pretentiousness.
