Ship the thing. The small version.
Your side project has a name, a logo and no users.
TodayWhere you are now
Launched, with first users
Version one works
Five people tried it
Launched
An example of where ninety days can take you. Your plan starts from your own answers.
Why ninety days works for this.
Side projects die in the middle, not at the start. Three parts with a milestone at the end of each keeps the middle moving.
What Plan90 might ask you.
- What's the smallest version worth showing someone?
- How many hours a week can you give it?
- What stopped the last one?
A first week might look like this
- MonWrite down the one thing version one must do
- TueBuild the ugliest working version of it, 45 minutes
- WedShow it to one person
- ThuFix the thing they got stuck on
- FriWrite three lines about what you learned
- SatLighter day: tidy up, no new features
- SunLighter day: plan next week in five lines
An example. Your plan is written from your own answers, so yours will look like you.
Also for
Everyone- For people saving for something
Save for the trip, one small habit at a time.
Future you wants a holiday. Present you wants a takeaway.
By day 90: The trip, paid for
Read on - For night owls
Get your mornings back, a quarter of an hour at a time.
Bedtime is a suggestion your phone keeps ignoring.
By day 90: Asleep by 11:30, without a fight
Read on - For new runners
From the sofa to 5 km, one short run at a time.
Every running plan assumes you have a sofa and a plan. You definitely have the sofa.
By day 90: Run 5 km without stopping
Read on