[1:47 pm: Browsing the stacks at the Obsidian Royal Library.]

It's been awhile.. since I could.. write a blog post here.

Oh 'scuse me. Having a few flashbacks. 😁

I had to resume full-time wage slavery for a bit. The opportunity was too good to pass up.

This takes up most of my time, leaving little left for building our SaaS tool, The Pathwooded Word Count Tracker.

But it's still happening!

Another thing that's happening (uh oh)... I need a way to visualize my runway. I might whip up a tool for that first, since it doesn't seem too complicated.

The idea is to track how much time you have build your SaaS to the point where business income covers your expenses, as you earn and save wage slave income that enables that time.

If you save $500/month from your full-time job and you need $3,000/month to pay all your living expenses, every 6 months you'll add 1 month to your runway.

The first component of this is ensuring you won't futz around too much when free.

Full-Time Wage Slavery Provides a Structure

When I was working part-time, I'd fill my day with a lot of tasks that didn't directly increase business income:

• Cleaning random parts of the house.
• Grabbing snacks here and there.
• Researching random topics on the web (how do probiotics stay alive in powdered supplements?)
• Doing chores once the idea comes up.
• Checking email.
• Staring into space.
• Taking an hour to prepare a meal.

All of this falls by the wayside when I have to clock in at 8am and clock out at 5pm. I used to think these were necessary, but I manage pretty well without doing them.

The trick is to reproduce the same schedule when I switch to working on the business full-time.

Mind hack: recognize that you do well even if you don't do all the little tasks that seem important.

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