A reasonably good Saturday!
Had an hours worth of call talking to a company that needed some help with re-platforming their booking system. It’s normal web development work but I enjoy this sort of project, so am quite excited. And there’s avenues there for AI integration further down the line. Will see how we go.
Also managed to take a step forward in the DXP AI platform; we are getting closer to the point where we can demo it to clients and there’s a looming deadline, so i’ve been chipping away at that tech stack for weeks, and slowly progress making progress.
Apart from some normal Saturday things, I was then trying to figure out what to do next and came up against the normal never ending list leading to overwhelm.
Building something for yourself is a never ending task. There is always something that you can do. It’s not like you close the shop doors and wait until the next day. The internet never sleeps so there is always opportunity about; and there is always something that you can do to improve.
But that’s the trap…
The trap that will keep you in a loop of working, working, working… and before you know it a decade has gone and you haven’t done the actual important things you’ve wanted to. Fortunately, I managed to do a lot of travelling whilst working remotely in my 20s and 30s so I have plenty of good experiences to look back on.
But it’s very easy to get caught up in that self-employed rat race – which is infinitely more difficult than employment. I like the freedom that I have had in my life, but it’s also been the freedom to make mistakes that can cost dear.
This time I am trying to work harder and smarter. Spend less, save more, invest more. Desire less. Work with other people in an executive team, and employ people. Use AI. Make time for the fun stuff, and work the business around that.
But I still will do the most important thing which is to travel and see the world. It’s literally the best thing you can do with your life. You will never regret not travelling and seeing new things.
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