Weekly Indie Log #51
On finding motivation for old projects and having too many irons in the fire.
As usual, let's start with the positive news: I'm well on my way to reaching the big MRR goal of this year: $10,000 MRR for my indie app business. In July I defined the following roadmap for the rest of the year:
✅ $8,000 MRR - August
✅ $8,500 MRR - September
✅ $9,000 MRR - October
⬜️ $9,500 MRR - November
⬜️ $10,000 MRR - December
Two years ago, I found myself in a weird position, having already drained my savings for six months and sitting at $19 MRR. It was a mentally challenging period, filled with uncertainty and doubt about the future of my indie app business. Now, with November and December ahead, I'm aiming for $9,500 and finally $10,000 MRR. It's been a rollercoaster ride, but the progress is great so far, and I'm incredibly grateful for the support and growth I've experienced in the past couple of months.
HabitKit Motivation Boost
As the New Year's season approaches, I've found renewed motivation to improve HabitKit, my habit-tracking app. This time of year is really significant for habit trackers, as many people set new resolutions and seek tools to help them achieve their goals. I'm determined that HabitKit can help users kickstart their journey towards self-improvement and that's a really motivating factor for me.
Reflecting on the past year, I've seen how HabitKit has positively impacted users' lives, and this makes me want to make the app even better. As usual, the upcoming updates will focus on user-requested features and improvements that improve the overall experience.
The upcoming updates will include new customization options, improved user interface elements, and enhanced performance, all designed to make HabitKit the go-to app for habit tracking in the new year. The new features will include some highly requested ones, like "inverse" habits, searchable icons, a revamped detail page, and the ability to track an arbitrary number of completions for habits.
This motivation boost is not just about adding new features; it's about creating a tool that genuinely helps people transform their lives, one habit at a time.
Too Many Projects
Lately, I've been struggling with the challenge of having multiple projects simultaneously, which has led to a sense of being overwhelmed. As an indie developer, it's easy to get excited about new ideas and start working on them, but this can quickly lead to a situation where there are too many irons in the fire. Over the past few weeks, I've realized that my focus was spread too thin across various side projects, including a boilerplate project and a secret app that I've been developing. This realization prompted me to make a difficult decision: to temporarily halt all side projects and concentrate solely on HabitKit. By doing so, I aim to ensure that I can deliver the best possible updates and improvements to my flagship app without the distraction of other commitments.
This decision wasn't easy, because each project definitely has a lot of potential. However, prioritizing HabitKit allows me to channel my energy and resources into a single, impactful direction. HabitKit has been the cornerstone of my indie app business and the sole meaningful source of income, and I hope focusing on it will help me maintain the momentum and growth I've achieved so far.
I hope to find more motivation to work on the side projects once I've finished the upcoming HabitKit updates in the new year.
That's it for this week, see you in the next one 👋