I wish this was a victory post. It isn’t. It’s something more useful. Seven weeks ago, I set clear goals for this project.100 published designs.A completed social media campaign.$100 in revenue. None of those goals were reached. If you only look at the targets I set in January, then yes — the project failed. But […]
ExitLab – Week 6Online business maintenance sounds boring, right?It does — until your hosting provider sends a security warning and WordPress greets you with alerts.Suddenly, “maintenance” doesn’t feel so dull anymore. This week in the ExitLab wasn’t about growth.It was about stability. It started with an email suggesting that my website may have been compromised. “May.”Just
Exit Lab – Week 5This week, progress slowed down enough for me to realize something important: I need to focus on building simple systems to keep going, not just add more designs. I guess this is life. Murphy’s Law and all that. Truth is, I’ve hit the wall. Of sorts. This project started off well.
This week I ran into some serious print on demand setbacks. I promised to be as honest as possible with ExitLab, and honestly, this week didn’t go as planned. Both my TeePublic and Redbubble accounts were suddenly suspended, with no clear explanation beyond violating their terms and conditions. No warning, no detailed reason — just
The print on demand reality hit harder than expected last week.This week, it doubled down. I got sick on Thursday evening — more or less right after hitting publish on last week’s post — and I’ve been sick for most of the week since. I’m still not fully back, which naturally slowed everything down. This
One thing became very clear during my print on demand experiment this week: a week disappears fast when you actually have a life. Work, everyday stuff, and helping a friend move over the weekend. Nothing dramatic. Just reality doing what reality always does — stepping in between plans. And that’s kind of the point. Because
This is the first ExitLab project — and it starts now. Hamster Wheel Exit is new, and instead of overthinking it, I’m starting by doing something I’ve wanted to test for years: Print on Demand. Mostly t-shirts. On platforms that offer as much passive income as possible. I’ve always enjoyed designing simple, slightly odd, sometimes
