Aerilon Month 1 Day 1 (Part 2 of 2)

10k Hours Progress (10.41%)

$10k/mo Progress (26.38%)

// Aerilon Month 1 Day 1 (Part 2 of 2)

23 October 2025

Today's full focus will be on completing Day 1's remaining tasks, which is to set up cold email and start the warmup process:

Sign up for Instantly ✅ DONE
Sign up for Zapmail ✅ DONE
Buy 3 more domains for cold emailing ✅ DONE
Set up 3 mailboxes per domain (total 12 mailboxes) ✅ DONE

I don't like that I have to split a day's tasks into two days, but it is what it is.

As I said yesterday, part of this journey is learning to be not so hard on myself.

Found more weight plates while digging around Dad's junkyard, I mean, "storage". Now I can go back to my regular weight lifts. Happy!

The good news is I have 2 new client projects. These and Aerilon will be my main focus until the end of the year.

Earned: $4,466.69 // Time: 8.5 hours

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About

What does 10,000 hours of pure curiosity look like — and can it pay $10,000 a month?

That's the experiment.

I sold a 13-year restaurant business in 2019, taught myself to code, and have been chasing every "what if" since. Real hours, real dollars, updated daily.

I've been self-employed for 20 years. My goal is to keep it that way for the next 20.

Banner art L-R © Me, Citadel 9, me, me, me.

Inspirations:
Daily blogging - Alex West
Design - JWZ, p0libius
10k Hours - Ryan Kulp

Stats

Journey start: 28 March 2022

Progress logs: 200

∑ Time spent: 1041.0 hours (10.41% to 10k)

Avg time/mo: 21.2 hours

∑ Dollars earned: $129,372.70

$/mo: $2,637.71 (26.38% to $10k/m)

$/hour: $124.27