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Embracing the Indie Hacker Journey

Hi fellow Indie Hackers👋,

I'm about to embark on a wild and thrilling journey, and I wanted to share my story with all of you. I'm being laid-off and will be losing my steady day job income in about five months. For the next five months I'm going to see if I'm able to make a living by building cool stuff online 🚀

For the past few years, I've been struggling to balance my time between the demands of my day job and my passion for indie hacking on the side. It's been a juggling act that often left me feeling drained and overwhelmed. But here's the exciting part of being laid-off: now I finally have more time on my hands, and I can't wait to see if I can supercharge my product launches and achieve success as an indie hacker. Besides, shipping new products, I will be exploring if I can make an income as a Bubble developer.

Here's a sneak peek of projects I'm working on:

  1. Deejay Page: This is a simple website builder for DJ's to showcase their career.
  2. The Business Idea Template for Indie Hackers: this is a Notion template to manage and evaluate new business ideas to improve your success ratio and mind space. I'll launch this project tomorrow on Product Hunt.

Furthermore, I'm working on a job board and a content generation tool; will be share more details soon.

I can't contain my excitement for what lies ahead. It's like a rollercoaster of emotions, from the nervousness of leaving my comfort zone to the pure joy of pursuing the Indie Hacking dream. 😃

Cheers

on October 16, 2023
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    Congrats! I have been on the journey for 5 years now and when looking back I haven't regret it. I believe that those challenges always help you grow although sometimes it can be a bit painful. Embrace the discomfort and all the best!

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    All the best!

    FYI, (I'm in the same boat), I can see you're from the Netherlands - maybe they offer something similar to the German "Gründerzuschuss", a funding for people going from unemployed to self-employed. If you are eligible you get a pretty significant amount of money for the first 6 month, which helps me a lot currently.

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    You can download the The Business Idea Template for Indie Hackers' by following the link on Product Hunt 👉 https://www.producthunt.com/posts/business-idea-template-for-indie-hackers

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      Thank you for this guide Hajo, and all the best for your journey!