log 17: updates

sacrifice?

My app works. It makes me incredibly happy. Since returning to Boston I have been on a masterful productivity train. Some days I feel lazy, but I force myself to work on it anyway. I’ve tried to implement my discipline in the gym toward this project. Every day, just a little bit. At the end of my work sessions, the satisfaction of learning and progressing my app was like no other. And finally, I have an actual working baseline. It may have taken seven, 5-6 hour-long coding days with no distractions, but still. Even though it is absolutely nowhere near testing yet, my motivation and drive are at an all-time high. One thing that has been helping me focus my work sessions is writing down exactly what I want to accomplish for that day. What problem, of any scale, do I want to fix? How am I going to improve my algorithm? What can I do to make the UI easy to use while also offering an array of functions? There is so much that I have to do, so writing down my plan has helped me focus and be even more productive. But I think if I want to continue doing what I’m doing, travel and work simultaneously, it’s going to be through sacrifice. Not like … a lamb or anything. But spending unnecessary time with people that won’t benefit my goals. That means friends too. It sounds a little evil, and selfish maybe, but it is a sacrifice. Don’t get me wrong, I have really great and supportive friends. However, I know at this stage in my life, my app, it’s all about development and the “grind”. Getting smarter, learning skills, and developing my app. That is all I want to make time for. It’s time to get serious.

In the upcoming week, I plan on staying on this path to flush out the smaller details currently in my app. I also have an exciting meeting planned with my lawyer to officially start my business. I hope at that point I can start sharing photos and videos of my app. I promise it’s cool.