Week 125 Review

10k Hours Progress (7.92%)

$10k/mo Progress (26.14%)

// Week 125 Review

26 October 2025

Weekly reflection

HIGHS: All clients paid up. Got exciting new project in hand. Discovered more weight plates for dumbbells, now got 2 x 9kg.
LOWS: Mum fell trying to get onto bed. My mood and daily schedule still inconsistent.
MEMORABLE: Dad started smiling again after catheter removal.

3 big wins for the week

Made $4536.12 this week from client work & side projects
Exercised 3 out of 5 targeted days
Started Maker School Month 1, finished Day 1

Best thing that happened this week
Getting green-lit and receiving payments for new client work to begin. Retainer client contacted me for new tasks. So next week is going to be busy and I'm looking forward to that.

How will I improve next week
There is no time for anything other than Maker School, client work, and daily exercise while I'm here as full-time caregiver for my parents. I have to pare it down to these, stay focused, and stop being overambitious. Or rather, restrain the ADHD urge to keep chasing shiny new objects. All side projects can wait.

Earned: $0.00 // Time: 0.5 hours

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About

I built and sold two brick & mortar food businesses between 2006-2019.

Now that I'm semi-retired, I ask myself, "What if I spend 10,000 hours chasing curiosity?"

10k to $10k is a live changelog of my journey to see if ~~following my interests~~ "f**king around and finding out" can make me $10,000 a month.

Here's my official first post.

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: 149

∑ Time spent: 792.0 hours (7.92% to 10k)

Avg time/mo: 18.3 hours

∑ Dollars earned: $112,929.74

$/mo: $2,614.13 (26.14% to $10k/m)

$/hour: $142.58

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