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I Pulled in $10k in a Month Doing Stuff I Actually Love — Not Gonna Lie, I’m Pretty Hyped
First off: nobody handed me a fat inheritance or some lucky scratch-off ticket. This wasn’t luck. Heck, if anything, the universe kept handing me lemons and I just kept making lemonade (and selling it, apparently).
That first $10,000 month? Felt nuts, honestly. Like, I literally sat back and cackled when Stripe pinged me. But listen, it wasn’t some Instagram “I woke up rich” thing. Nah, this took months of coffee-fueled nights, mornings where I wanted to throw my laptop out the window, screwing up, and figuring it out as I went along. A lot of sweating in total silence at like 2am, if you want the real picture.
So here we are: I’m dropping everything — the hacks, the screw-ups, the wins — so maybe you steal my playbook for your own passion project. Not just a montage post, but something you can actually use. No gatekeeping here.
The Origin Story: From Scrolling and Scheming to Doing
Let’s be real — you’ve seen those “$10k in 30 days” tweets, right? Or the YouTubers who are supposedly rolling in cash two weeks after quitting their jobs. Used to look like snake oil to me. Still does sometimes. But then that voice in the back of my head was like, “Okay, but what if…”
I was working some bland job, creativity leaking out my ears with nowhere to go. Pretty sure I was one bad staff meeting away from losing it. So I sat myself down and asked: What would I actually do, even if nobody paid me for it?
Answer? I wanted to create stuff online, teach people, and make digital products that, well, didn’t suck.
A spark. That’s all it took.
Step 1: Actually Picking a Niche I Don’t Hate
Look, I didn’t pick the “next big thing” just to make a buck. I focused on something I could ramble about nonstop: building online businesses, making cash on the internet, creating cool content.
You really gotta check yourself — what would you do just for fun? What do you know that might make someone else’s life less annoying or more entertaining? Turn that into something. That’s the sauce.
So I mashed together writing, teaching, and my weird love for digital apps. Shazam: personal brand, baby.
Step 2: Building a Brand (That’s Not Cringe)
You ever see those folks selling “lifestyle” with Lamborghini pics and you just… eyeroll? Yeah, nah. I did the whole “be a real person” thing, picked three spots I actually liked:
What’d I post? Real wins. Real fails. Blooper reel stuff. Bite-sized lessons. I didn’t fake it or overhype — just turned up, kept it real, and dropped stuff people could actually use. That’s when things started moving: DMs, comments, “Yo, do you coach?” Suddenly people wanted to give me money. Weird, right?
Step 3: My First Thing I Charged For
So, the product: digital course plus workbook, teaching how to run an online brand from the bottom up. Every “oops” and shortcut from my first year went in. Didn’t stress about getting it perfect. I just told my following, “I’m making this — if you want it, get in early.” Pre-sold it before it existed.
$97 price tag. Threw in some goodies. Launched via email and spicy Twitter threads — no fancy ads, no squad, no big-budget launch.
Week one? $4,200. I stared at the screen for a long time. Honestly considered happy-crying.
Step 4: Stacking More Ways to Get Paid
Hitting $10k? That was stacking, not one magic product. Multiple cash taps running at once, all tied to what I’d do for free anyway.
Breakdown for the month:
| Income Stream | How Much? |
|---------------------------------|------------|
| Course sales | $4,200 |
| 1:1 Coaching | $2,500 |
| Affiliate marketing | $1,800 |
| Digital templates & Notion junk | $800 |
| YouTube ads | $400 |
| Sponsored content | $300 |
That’s not one lottery win — it’s a brick-by-brick hustle.
1) Course: Once that thing was live, I kept plugging it in videos, emails, collabs — and it paid me while I, frankly, binge-watched Netflix sometimes.
2) Coaching: For folks who wanted the “cheat code,” I charged a premium. Not cheap, but if you want fast results, people pay.
3) Affiliate stuff: Just repping good tools I used anyway. No scammy links, just slipped it in my newsletters and YouTube descriptions.
4) Digital products: Templates, scripts, Notion dashboards — small money, but they add up. My phone pings when I’m in line at Target. Feels wild.
5) YouTube ads: Not much yet, but hey, that’s beer money for now. It grows if I stick with it.
6) Sponsored posts: Only took on brands that didn’t make me roll my eyes. Keep it aligned or it feels forced, honestly.
Step 5: Nerd Stuff (Systems & Scaling Up)
You want to keep that $10k rolling? Gotta build systems. People don’t buy just because you dropped something cool — they want the vibe, the story, the behind-the-scenes realness. So I started automating stuff where I could, outsourcing things I hated, and doubling down on what got the most buzz.
Look, I’m nowhere near finished. But if you’re thinking about jumping in, just start. Mess it up, tweak it, keep at it. That’s the secret nobody wants to hear.
And yeah, I’m downright pumped for what’s next.
First off: nobody handed me a fat inheritance or some lucky scratch-off ticket. This wasn’t luck. Heck, if anything, the universe kept handing me lemons and I just kept making lemonade (and selling it, apparently).
That first $10,000 month? Felt nuts, honestly. Like, I literally sat back and cackled when Stripe pinged me. But listen, it wasn’t some Instagram “I woke up rich” thing. Nah, this took months of coffee-fueled nights, mornings where I wanted to throw my laptop out the window, screwing up, and figuring it out as I went along. A lot of sweating in total silence at like 2am, if you want the real picture.
So here we are: I’m dropping everything — the hacks, the screw-ups, the wins — so maybe you steal my playbook for your own passion project. Not just a montage post, but something you can actually use. No gatekeeping here.
The Origin Story: From Scrolling and Scheming to Doing
Let’s be real — you’ve seen those “$10k in 30 days” tweets, right? Or the YouTubers who are supposedly rolling in cash two weeks after quitting their jobs. Used to look like snake oil to me. Still does sometimes. But then that voice in the back of my head was like, “Okay, but what if…”
I was working some bland job, creativity leaking out my ears with nowhere to go. Pretty sure I was one bad staff meeting away from losing it. So I sat myself down and asked: What would I actually do, even if nobody paid me for it?
Answer? I wanted to create stuff online, teach people, and make digital products that, well, didn’t suck.
A spark. That’s all it took.
Step 1: Actually Picking a Niche I Don’t Hate
Look, I didn’t pick the “next big thing” just to make a buck. I focused on something I could ramble about nonstop: building online businesses, making cash on the internet, creating cool content.
You really gotta check yourself — what would you do just for fun? What do you know that might make someone else’s life less annoying or more entertaining? Turn that into something. That’s the sauce.
So I mashed together writing, teaching, and my weird love for digital apps. Shazam: personal brand, baby.
Step 2: Building a Brand (That’s Not Cringe)
You ever see those folks selling “lifestyle” with Lamborghini pics and you just… eyeroll? Yeah, nah. I did the whole “be a real person” thing, picked three spots I actually liked:
- Twitter/X for spicy hot takes and quick tips.
- YouTube for the big, meaty how-to vids.
- A newsletter because hey, inboxes still matter.
What’d I post? Real wins. Real fails. Blooper reel stuff. Bite-sized lessons. I didn’t fake it or overhype — just turned up, kept it real, and dropped stuff people could actually use. That’s when things started moving: DMs, comments, “Yo, do you coach?” Suddenly people wanted to give me money. Weird, right?
Step 3: My First Thing I Charged For
So, the product: digital course plus workbook, teaching how to run an online brand from the bottom up. Every “oops” and shortcut from my first year went in. Didn’t stress about getting it perfect. I just told my following, “I’m making this — if you want it, get in early.” Pre-sold it before it existed.
$97 price tag. Threw in some goodies. Launched via email and spicy Twitter threads — no fancy ads, no squad, no big-budget launch.
Week one? $4,200. I stared at the screen for a long time. Honestly considered happy-crying.
Step 4: Stacking More Ways to Get Paid
Hitting $10k? That was stacking, not one magic product. Multiple cash taps running at once, all tied to what I’d do for free anyway.
Breakdown for the month:
| Income Stream | How Much? |
|---------------------------------|------------|
| Course sales | $4,200 |
| 1:1 Coaching | $2,500 |
| Affiliate marketing | $1,800 |
| Digital templates & Notion junk | $800 |
| YouTube ads | $400 |
| Sponsored content | $300 |
That’s not one lottery win — it’s a brick-by-brick hustle.
1) Course: Once that thing was live, I kept plugging it in videos, emails, collabs — and it paid me while I, frankly, binge-watched Netflix sometimes.
2) Coaching: For folks who wanted the “cheat code,” I charged a premium. Not cheap, but if you want fast results, people pay.
3) Affiliate stuff: Just repping good tools I used anyway. No scammy links, just slipped it in my newsletters and YouTube descriptions.
4) Digital products: Templates, scripts, Notion dashboards — small money, but they add up. My phone pings when I’m in line at Target. Feels wild.
5) YouTube ads: Not much yet, but hey, that’s beer money for now. It grows if I stick with it.
6) Sponsored posts: Only took on brands that didn’t make me roll my eyes. Keep it aligned or it feels forced, honestly.
Step 5: Nerd Stuff (Systems & Scaling Up)
You want to keep that $10k rolling? Gotta build systems. People don’t buy just because you dropped something cool — they want the vibe, the story, the behind-the-scenes realness. So I started automating stuff where I could, outsourcing things I hated, and doubling down on what got the most buzz.
Look, I’m nowhere near finished. But if you’re thinking about jumping in, just start. Mess it up, tweak it, keep at it. That’s the secret nobody wants to hear.
And yeah, I’m downright pumped for what’s next.
