Jim, I'm genuinely exhausted just reading about your week! I'm so impressed by your motivation and energy. Watching you navigate that level of intensity while keeping your creative spark alive is truly something else. Huge congratulations for making it happen.
Geezus! How focused and dedicated you are, Jim. Simply reading this overview of your weeks work (not counting the months leading up to it I'm sure) makes my brain hurt and leaves me feeling worn out and I only read the damn thing:)
This is so epic Jim! What an awesome way to show the BTS. And so lovely to have the shoutout, wow, I mean ones does forget how valuable a little note of encouragement is. I genuinely just loved your video.
But when your the one launching, those little notes are like fuel for the part of the soul that needs to know "please tell me this all doesn't just totally suck" or something like that.
Also loving the tool you have built, it's genuinely useful and really thoughtfully made. I'll have more to share on my experience soon but for now a bit thanks for helping me to organise the chaos into a structured weekly approach to writing notes! More soon 🙌
Thanks for sharing this behind-the-scenes peek, Jim! What a week - both the video and the website story hit home. I have definitely been caught in some version of that. Hope you have some time to celebrate and relax!
This reads like a beautiful mix of horror and joy and everything in-between, which is entirely fitting! It's always so fascinating to read how other creatives get through their days (and nights) and always reassuring to know that there is no one answer to any of this. Rather a potent mix of doing, thinking, imagining, dreaming, and doing. Good on you for managing to squeeze in a bit of piano there, too 🎵
Jim, I appreciate your transparency and honesty so much! Making something from scratch and putting it out into the world is HARD, and it takes heat and grit to really push it through. I’m so grateful for your honest account of it all. We are all better for it! As someone who knows very little about SEO, may I ask a clarifying question about the .com thing? Is your point to say that the product has a further reach when it exists on any page that ends in .com vs .net or .org etc? Or does it need to be .com AND a site dedicated solely to the product instead of a tab you click on a bigger .com site? Hope that makes sense…I know you’re crazy busy, so I endlessly appreciate your time and insight always! - Anna
Jim, this is amazing. I'm so impressed. Even though I know nothing - NOTHING! - about coding or preneuring in any fashion (!), nor, in fact, about most things you're doing, the interesting thing is that the centre/heart of what you're writing to, is connection with people and art. And the equally unapologetic and generous spot you speak from illustrates exactly this. This is the drone note, and like anyone who wants to believe in their capacity to do insane things, I'm here for it. Go, you!!!
I understand the work-life balance struggle for those with demanding 9-5-ish jobs that maybe they don’t love. But for those of us who are creatives, pursuing our own projects, work is life, and life is work. The other day, I was awake at 4 am thinking about some elements of a new website I’m using Claude to build. So I got up and got to work. It was deeply satisfying. As for sleep…I took a mid-morning nap. That’s a privilege of being a solopreneur.
Well, this is either a testimony to your commitment or your madness, Jim! Not that madness here is a bad thing.
I’m not a believer in Work-Life balance, as it assumes that work isn’t life. I used to think that I was a screenwriter and would leave the production to other people. It made sense then, but now I’ve decided to take control and work on the business side of film production and I’ve found a lot of energy in doing that. Gone is the past resentment of ‘having’ to do the business stuff and I’ve learned to love it.
I love all of this detailing of the process. I am, as ever, thoroughly impressed (and inspired) by your work.
Gosh, what a WEEK, the juggle and struggle! And making time to generously share your insights.
Congrats and wishing you every success with this 😊
Jim, I'm genuinely exhausted just reading about your week! I'm so impressed by your motivation and energy. Watching you navigate that level of intensity while keeping your creative spark alive is truly something else. Huge congratulations for making it happen.
Congratulations indeed on having created and launched this, Jim.
It looks great.
I hope it will be a huge (and very well deserved) success for you.
In your own words ……. do not underestimate your capacity to do wonderful things!
Geezus! How focused and dedicated you are, Jim. Simply reading this overview of your weeks work (not counting the months leading up to it I'm sure) makes my brain hurt and leaves me feeling worn out and I only read the damn thing:)
Congratulations man. Happy for you!
Amazing, right? Dedication and relentless faith.
This is so epic Jim! What an awesome way to show the BTS. And so lovely to have the shoutout, wow, I mean ones does forget how valuable a little note of encouragement is. I genuinely just loved your video.
But when your the one launching, those little notes are like fuel for the part of the soul that needs to know "please tell me this all doesn't just totally suck" or something like that.
Also loving the tool you have built, it's genuinely useful and really thoughtfully made. I'll have more to share on my experience soon but for now a bit thanks for helping me to organise the chaos into a structured weekly approach to writing notes! More soon 🙌
Thanks for sharing this behind-the-scenes peek, Jim! What a week - both the video and the website story hit home. I have definitely been caught in some version of that. Hope you have some time to celebrate and relax!
This reads like a beautiful mix of horror and joy and everything in-between, which is entirely fitting! It's always so fascinating to read how other creatives get through their days (and nights) and always reassuring to know that there is no one answer to any of this. Rather a potent mix of doing, thinking, imagining, dreaming, and doing. Good on you for managing to squeeze in a bit of piano there, too 🎵
Jim, I appreciate your transparency and honesty so much! Making something from scratch and putting it out into the world is HARD, and it takes heat and grit to really push it through. I’m so grateful for your honest account of it all. We are all better for it! As someone who knows very little about SEO, may I ask a clarifying question about the .com thing? Is your point to say that the product has a further reach when it exists on any page that ends in .com vs .net or .org etc? Or does it need to be .com AND a site dedicated solely to the product instead of a tab you click on a bigger .com site? Hope that makes sense…I know you’re crazy busy, so I endlessly appreciate your time and insight always! - Anna
Jim, this is amazing. I'm so impressed. Even though I know nothing - NOTHING! - about coding or preneuring in any fashion (!), nor, in fact, about most things you're doing, the interesting thing is that the centre/heart of what you're writing to, is connection with people and art. And the equally unapologetic and generous spot you speak from illustrates exactly this. This is the drone note, and like anyone who wants to believe in their capacity to do insane things, I'm here for it. Go, you!!!
I understand the work-life balance struggle for those with demanding 9-5-ish jobs that maybe they don’t love. But for those of us who are creatives, pursuing our own projects, work is life, and life is work. The other day, I was awake at 4 am thinking about some elements of a new website I’m using Claude to build. So I got up and got to work. It was deeply satisfying. As for sleep…I took a mid-morning nap. That’s a privilege of being a solopreneur.
Well, this is either a testimony to your commitment or your madness, Jim! Not that madness here is a bad thing.
I’m not a believer in Work-Life balance, as it assumes that work isn’t life. I used to think that I was a screenwriter and would leave the production to other people. It made sense then, but now I’ve decided to take control and work on the business side of film production and I’ve found a lot of energy in doing that. Gone is the past resentment of ‘having’ to do the business stuff and I’ve learned to love it.