60 Days Solo: An honest check-in

Here’s an honest log of my first 60 days of solopreneurship.
For transparency, I took screenshots of my LinkedIn stats, GitHub contributions, and of myself (lol, does an elevator selfie count as a real life screenshot?)
You can see them here

1. Varient

Score: 3/5
I’m at 90%. Let’s see if the last 10% follows the usual law of taking just as long.

What’s working:

• The tech stack (Remix + Phoenix) feels right after all that overthinking.
• Daily coding has brought back muscle memory.
• Pair programming with AI helped me climb back to speed fast.

What’s challenging:

• Scope creep. I really tried to keep it tight, but I could have done better.
• Making tons of micro-decisions daily across design, product, and dev is mentally taxing.
• Coding with AI. It’s an acquired taste. Forcing myself to get used to it.

2. Coaching

Score: 5/5
This was the biggest surprise. When I offered free 1:1 coaching spots last month, I wasn’t sure what to expect.

• More people signed up than I could handle. (had to limit spots)
• It felt natural from the start, and I built a strong connection with all three mentees.
• Seeing real impact on someone’s career makes me rethink how I measure success. It’s been the most unexpected highlight.

Coaching gives me energy for product development, which is really cool.
I want to open up another round soon.
More on that in a separate post.

3. Posting on LinkedIn

Score: 4/5
I committed to posting 1-2 times weekly. So far, so good.

• The first posts took forever to write.
• Finding my voice has been a journey in itself.
• Balancing content creation with product building is harder than expected.
• The main benefit: Writing forces clarity in my own thinking. I used to write to explain ideas, now I write to understand them.

4. Life Happens

Six weeks ago, I had a basketball injury.
Nothing says “welcome to solopreneurship” like trying to build a product while on crutches.

Making coffee and bringing it to my desk? A logistical challenge.
Taking Nomad for a walk? Impossible.

But tonight, I’m heading back to basketball practice for the first time.
Progress.

And progress is everything.