Checked & Unchecked
Build.
Ship • Share
Build 10 production-ready projects
Ten real projects, not ten tutorials.
Build my first application
Not a tutorial clone: something real and deployed.
First SaaS with paying users
Someone paying is a different milestone than someone finishing a tutorial.
First international freelance client
Working across time zones and currencies, for the first time.
Get 1K GitHub stars
A rough signal, but still a signal, that the work is useful.
Open Source Contributor
Give something back to the tools I rely on every day.
Build products people use
Not tolerated. Not the only option. Actually used.
Remote job
Proof that good work travels.
10K LinkedIn followers
A following isn't the goal: the resonance behind it is.
300 X followers
A smaller, rougher room than LinkedIn, worth showing up in anyway.
Learn a new programming language
Comfort is the first sign I've stopped growing.
Speak at a developer event
A different kind of building than shipping code.
Launch my first startup
Not a side project with a landing page, but a real attempt.
Grind.
Inside & Out
Reach visible abs
Less about the mirror, more about proof discipline carries over.
Hit the gym consistently for 30 days
Long enough that motivation runs out and habit takes over.
Learn boxing
Trading keyboard reflexes for real ones.
Learn shadowboxing
The quiet version of the same discipline, practiced alone.
Learn martial arts
A slower kind of mastery than anything that ships in a sprint.
Learn calisthenics
Strength with nothing to blame but bodyweight and reps.
Meditate for 30 consecutive days
Not to switch off: to notice, before reacting.
Go fully vegetarian
The quieter kind of discipline: nobody's watching this one.
Quit white sugar
A habit hard to even notice until I try to remove it.
Quit packaged food
Trading convenience for actual control.
Quit coffee
Testing whether my energy is actually mine.
Read consistently
Slower input than a feed, but it stays with me longer.
Improve my sleep schedule
The most underrated multiplier for everything else here.
100 push-ups in under 200 seconds
Strength is measurable. Consistency matters more than speed.
Become mentally disciplined
The goal underneath every other goal on this page.
Wander.
Places & Thrills
Visit Japan
Craftsmanship and quiet precision, seen up close.
Visit Switzerland
Somewhere that looks almost unreal in photos.
Solo international trip
Nobody else's itinerary, nobody else's pace.
Camp under the stars
No screens, no signal, nothing to check.
See the Northern Lights
One of the few things left no screen can prepare you for.
Scuba diving
An entire world just beneath every ocean I've only seen from above.
Attend an international tech conference
A room full of people building the same kinds of things I am.
Trek in the Himalayas
A different kind of hard than anything at a desk.
Work from another country
Proof my work isn't tied to one desk.
Three-month Europe trip
Long enough to stop being a tourist.
Skydiving
Choosing to feel that much fear on purpose.
Ride through mountain roads
Just the road, the turns, and enough silence to think.
Experience snow in another country
Ordinary to some, novel to me.