I finally decided to get into the habit of writing a monthly retrospective at the end of every month. The goal of these blog posts are mainly to see the things I have achieved in a month, and also the things that I was not able to complete. I think it would be a good way to reflect on what I am doing, where I am at. I also wanted to openly share the income report (my expenses, my income etc). I really think sharing thing like this will give context to everything I am doing. Also, it's a way for me to track my income and expenses. I saw this type of monthly retrospective first in Monica Lent's blog. I really like reading those blog posts. These blog posts are mainly for me, but if it helps or inspires somebody else along the way, that would be great too.
I was a software engineer by trade. I have quit my job as a Software Engineer in Jan 2020. Since then, I have been working on my own. From Jan 2020 to Mar 2021, I and my friend have worked on a startup called Coderplex. But it didn't work out well, so we decided it's time to part ways with it. I have no real income during this entire span of 14 months. In the last month(Apr of 2021), after parting ways with Coderplex, I decided to give freelancing a try, and I ended up earning around $15K during that month. So, I was able to get enough runway to work on things that I like for some time now. This is where I'm at currently.
Right now, I am working on a project called MDX.one. It's a blogging platform that converts your Notion page to a blog, and I started working on this in the first week of May.
This is my background. Now, let's get to the actual blog post.
My only source of income in May is through freelancing. I have been working part-time in two of the early-stage companies, and this income is the income I earned with both of these combined.
I do not yet have my own product or business that generates some revenue. But I am really hopeful that MDX.one is going to be the one.