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I quit my job

I quit my job and I have one year to get to profitability
I have a dream
I want to ship products and earn $1,000 a month doing it.
Why $1,000?
I’m currently living in Bali, where I can live comfortably off of $1,000 per month. This isn’t San-Francisco or Dubai where $1,000 moves quickly. In Bali, $1,000 can pay for your rent, scooter, eating out three meals a day and most importantly all the coffee you could possibly drink.
OMFG STOP!
Mr. Aj if he is reading this he is probably facepalming because he said “OMFG STOP” to a similar guy.
But how do you actually do that?
Do you really need to be a domain knowledge expert with 1,000 years of experience prior to creating your startup?
Should you do it AirBnB style and work on a single product launch for two years and don’t give-up?
Do I create one new start up every single day, throwing virtual spaghetti at the wall and hoping something would eventually stick?
These questions are the start up trap. Thinking that I have to analyze each move and make sure that every action I take is perfected is going to paralyze me.
I have to cut my fears and go head first into the startup world.
Quitting everything and attempting to create something has led me to realize some existential characteristics that reside in myself and other new entrepreneurs.
I don’t finish everything that I start. I have yet to finish any of the ten coding courses I have registered for.
I’m not overly disciplined. I struggle to organize myself and complete boring tasks like CSS that never work out. I know they are necessary to achieve my bigger goals but procrastinating them is so much more enjoyable.
I don’t have consistency. Catch me working in a coffee shop for 14 hours on Monday. Catch me watching 14 hours of pointless Youtube videos on Tuesday.
I’m not the best coder. I only know basic HTML, CSS, JS and PHP. I don’t use Git and I host everything in Dropbox (everybody stay calm!).
All of these characteristics might point to failure, but I have a secret up my sleeve.
My friend Pieter Levels, the guy who created 12 startups in 12 months earns five figures by creating indie startups, is insanely inspiring.
Spending nights with him and Marc and watching how they are built their dreams from code and scratch showed me the possibility.
Seeing somebody else succeeding in the same path that I desired told me everything I needed to know.

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