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thoughts on my simple non-technical "side-projects"?

Hello.
I'm an INTJ that is driven to both structure and curiosity. I recently began to study soft-dev/eng through a program and would like to begin building side-projects and Ideas to get my name out there, sharpen my skills and begin building my portfolio.

I usually study a topic I find practical as part of a hobby (love to read and learn) and I enjoy taking notes, applying it to my life, and writing about it.

Since my skills aren't so technical, yet, and I'd still like to create something, I thought It'd be a good idea to start with a one-page style text project based on certain topics that I'm learning. I usually "study" these topics 1-2h a day and for about a month or 2 (40-100 hours-ish?). I thought maybe at the end of every month or so, I could review all of my notes / key points per topic, and summarize it all in a structured format, and publish it onto a 1-page static website, kind of like a reaallly long, extensive blog post.

I thought of the idea of blogging it but the topics are very niche and I don't plan to continuously write about all these topics. If I wanted to do that I'd just start an authority website with a blog categorically covering said topics.

the best similar example I can give is:
https://watchyourhack.com

Some example topics are: Mindfulness, Self-Knowledge, Emotional Intelligence, Assertiveness / Decision Making, (currently self-knowledge),

I guess the idea is: Making static-text based websites oriented around my personal success curriculum and it's schedule/structure, based on my notes of the topic after studying it, in a structured, organized, and prioritized format.

Why?

  • Actually reviewing my notes and organizing them will help me memorize them
  • Publishing my notes is a way to finalize my notes, which I will be able to use for reference, in an organized manner
  • It will allow me to send it to people who ask me what I study, why, and ask about it, instead of pointing at single books or a specific sub-topic.
  • It will compile what I learned in 40-100ish hours into a 1-2 hour Pareto-based power-read
  • It will allow me to help people with similar obstacles, or people who want to know/learn about a topic that do not have the resources to read books or take courses.
  • Whether I publish my notes or not, the first half of the project will be done anyways (learning about a topic, taking notes, finding methods of application) so why not go a little further, organize my notes as a final revision, and publish it as my contribution towards the topic? no?

What do you think?

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    I like the idea.

    What is your goal? Side project for learning or making some money?
    How long are your notes usually? Above 5k words -> try selling some on amazon kindle, use non crowed niches and test if you can sell them for 2.99.

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    Check out the waitbutwhy.com site. I think that may be exactly what you are trying to do.