My Journal

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

Oh dear, I’m still not doing well keeping up with my journal.

Here’s an entry for today though. Big day to day as I’m a big football (soccer) fan and my team England plays Denmark later in the day.

My Morning routine seems to have gone by the wayside lately.

My son Jack is about a year and a half post-transplant now and finished his final GCSE (high school exam) on Tuesday this week. He’s going on a fishing trip with school in a couple of weeks so I have to go to the fishing tackle shop with him today to stock up on gear and bait with him.

I usually do a yoga session on Thursday mornings, but have work to catch up on, plus a bit of an ankle injury after a ridiculously difficult Lake District walk that I completed at the weekend.

We’re also both booked in for a haircut at 3 pm, very boring I know, but that’s my day today!

Food Diary

Today I ate:

Nothing so far

Today I Am Reading

Today, once again I haven’t read anything just yet.

This was my last entry so will leave it in so that I can re-visit.

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1413 or 57% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1979 or 80% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

This section of the book covered leads from paid ads and social media, email sign-up pop-ups, chatbots and various metrics.

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Previously (Wednesday, June 19th) I:

I published two articles on this site related to a bigger section titled Advice to My Younger Self
- Give: The Transformative Impact Of Giving
- Learn A Foreign Language: The Language Learning Lessons I Wish I Knew Sooner
I managed to sort out some very expensive travel insurance for my son Jack. expensive due to all that he went through about a year and a half back. My first quote was for a ridiculous £550, after some hunting I managed to get a 3-week policy for £280, which is still a ridiculously large amount but more manageable than £550.
Cooked a cottage pie for dinner.
Applied for a Euro health card for the whole family
Bought some Euros for my lad’s trip to Spain next week.
Created a new recurring invoice for my local squash club now that I am managing their website for them.

What would make today great? An England WIN!!!!!

Keeping the below from the last entry just for reference again, will add more detailed goals tomorrow.

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (June 20th) are:

Hair cut
Fishing tackle shop
eBay my old phone
Read for 30 minutes DONE
Research affiliate links for my last post
2 new posts

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Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

Well, it’s been a while again. I keep getting sidetracked with other things. I really need to get more disciplined with this journal.

Feel really rough today as had our monthly business strategy meeting yesterday, which is actually just an excuse for a bit of a piss-up in York. So got up and completed next to none of my morning routine.

My son Jack is still at around month 11 post-transplant and all is still looking good for him 🤞.

Today I have to make a trip to Costco to stock up on essentials. I also need to arrange a haircut appointment.

Tonight I’ve been invited to go on a walk to Leeds, approx 6 miles followed by a few drinks, assuming I can face some more alcohol. Not convinced at the moment.

I have some final notes from the “Own Your Own Future” to write up, they’re getting quite long now though, so I’m tempted to create another page.

Food Diary

Today I ate:

Nothing so far

Today I Am Reading

Today, once again I haven’t read anything just yet.

This was my entry from January so will leave it in so that I can re-focus my reading again soon.

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1398 or 56% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1413 or 57% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

None – as need to catch up with this book!

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Previously (Thursday, October 5th) I:

I’ve started attending a weekly Yoga session. So did that in the morning, really enjoying it. ✅
Went out to York with my business partner and a friend, I did however come up with some great ideas for a sales funnel to help sell our court booking system product PlanIt-BookIt ✅

What would make today great?

Keeping the below from Jan just for reference again, will add more detailed goals tomorrow.

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (October 6th) are:

Write up some more Own Your Own Future / Mastermind notes.
Go to Costco
Walk to Leeds

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

Feeling much better today due to much less alcohol last night. Partly completed my morning routine.

My son Jack is still at around month 9 post-transplant and all is still looking good for him 🤞.

Today I made myself a coffee and then made notes from an EdEx scrum course that I had enrolled in but the free version was expiring today.

I then re-wrote an email going out to our local squash club members. I re-wrote it for a friend to make it slightly more understandable.

I ran horse-bot, yes, I am still dabbling with my horse gambling bot, in fact, the latest strategy almost appears to be working. We’ve made a small profit every day for the last 7 days!

At last I made a start on writing up my notes from the “Own Your Own Future” course mentioned in the previous days sometime soon.

Today we’re planning to go to a local restaurant who are putting on a DJ and selling pizzas, hopefully, it will be fun. So today Pic is of a DJ – Image by Aurélien from Pixabay

Food Diary

Today I ate:

Leftover minced beef curry, one sausage, and a load of cooked ham. My body fat scales are showing a loss in body fat, which is encouraging.

Today I Am Reading

Today, once again I haven’t read anything, I just did that one mastermind.com persuasion course.

This was my entry from January so will leave it in so that I can re-focus my reading again starting tomorrow. I know I said this yesterday, give me some slack, I’m slowly getting back into this journalling thing!

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1398 or 56% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1413 or 57% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

None – as need to catch up with this book!

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Previously (Saturday, August 26th) I:

Shop for food ✅
Persuasion (Sales) course

What would make today great?

Keeping the below from Jan just for reference again, will add more detailed goals tomorrow.

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (Sunday 27th) are:

Write up some of my Own Your Own Future notes.

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

I obviously drank too much red wine last night as I woke up this morning feeling pretty rough. The morning routine was therefore knocked on the head once again!

My son Jack is still at around month 9 post-transplant and all is still looking good for him 🤞.

Today mainly consisted of food shopping at my favorite budget chain supermarket, so today’s picture is a sign directing to Lidl, courtesy of Krzysztof Przybylak from Pixabay.

I did actually do something really useful as soon as I got up, I listened to some fascinating course on persuasive speaking as part of the mastermind.com subscription I have. I will write this up along with my learnings from the Own Your Own Future course mentioned yesterday sometime soon.

Food Diary

Today I ate:

A minced beef curry that I made, some sausages, and then steak for dinner. Was very nice!

Today I Am Reading

Today, once again I haven’t read anything, I just did that one mastermind.com persuasion course.

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1398 or 56% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1413 or 57% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

None – as need to catch up with this book!

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Previously (Friday August 25th) I:

Social Media Mastermind course. ✅
Added some shares to my portfolio. ✅

What would make today great?

Keeping the below from Jan just for reference again, will add more detailed goals tomorrow.

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (Saturday 26th) are:

Shop for food
Persuasion (Sales) course

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

So, I woke up ridiculously early this morning, at around 5 a.m. I didn’t do much of my morning routine. I did however get some early morning tasks ticked off.

My son Jack is still at around month 9 post-transplant and all is still looking good for him 🤞.

Today’s pic is my favorite wine at the moment, it is Friday after all so a glass or two of wine is in order.

I’m still aiming to write up my learnings from the: “Tony Robbins and Dean G – Own your own Future course” but haven’t found the time yet.

Today’s been a bit spoiled from getting up so early, while I did a lot of things I needed to achieve early doors, I ended up having two naps today from feeling absolutely shattered.

Went to try and get my Citizen watch fixed today from a great local watch repair guy, unfortunately, he told me he couldn’t help and that the watch needs to be returned to Citizen for repair, which I would guess will be more expensive than simply buying a new watch, but I may still enquire!

Next, my wife and I went shopping in a really rough and old-looking shopping Mall in a run-down place called Crossgates, apologies if you’re from Crossgates and are reading this! We went into a freezer food shop called Iceland. This place was great! I’m trying to lose a little weight again by avoiding carbs almost completely. I’ve been following Dr. Shawn Baker on Twitter and doing his carnivore diet as best that I can. The weight does fall off me when I follow it religiously. My only problem is, I love eating great food, and meat only can get a little boring.

Late afternoon I played racketball against my friend Lee, we’re both quite big entities so there is always a slight fear of colliding with one another. We had really close games but I just managed to pull off a win – 3 – 1.

Good chat with a few other friends in the bar afterward.

Food Diary

Today I ate:

Kebab meat from Iceland, loved it!

Minced beef kababs from Lidl

A few chicken tenders from Costco

Today I Am Reading

Today, I haven’t read anything, I did one mastermind.com course, about social media which I found pretty useful, and will place my notes regarding what I learned later on this website.

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1398 or 56% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1413 or 57% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

None – as need to catch up with this book!

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Previously (Thursday August 24th) I:

Did more of the mastermind.com courses that I had subscribed to! ✅

What would make today great?

Keeping the below from Jan just for reference again, will add more detailed goals tomorrow.

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (Monday 30th) are:

Do my personal finances as I am behind with them
Add some more shares to my portfolio
Work on the high-level plan
Continue ensuring digital assets are connected to Google Analytics

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

Oh my gosh, it’s been a while, my last journal entry was at the end of August. I still have kind of a morning routine but I definitely need to get more structured once again. I think my wife and I have been partying a little too much after almost a year of stress trying to get my son through his battle with aplastic anaemia, which is possibly why I lost my focus with the journalling.

So where now month 9 I think post bone marrow transplant and my son is doing great!

Today’s picture is an Ai generated image of a man in shock, which was meant to depict me when I realised how long it had been since I last posted a journal entry.

A few weeks back I enrolled in a Tony Robbins and Dean G (can’t remember how to spell his last name!) course which I think was called Own Your Own Future. They offered the bulk of it for free and being a tight, sceptical, Yorkshire man I took the freebie and didn’t pay for any extras!

At one point they were offering an upgraded course path but wanted a grand for it! I have been quite impressed with the free stuff I got from them. I will add my notes to this journal probably tomorrow.

Food Diary

Today I ate:

I’m back on my carnivore diet, as when I stick to it I lose weight and feel great. I know vegans will hate me, but I’m not bothered!

Today I Am Reading

Today, I haven’t read anything, I’ve been doing the mastermind.com courses instead, which I purchased a one-month subscription to for $1.

This was my entry from January so will leave it in so that I can re-focus my reading again starting tomorrow.

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1398 or 56% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1413 or 57% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

None – as need to catch up with this book!

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Previously (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th) I:

Did more of the mastermind.com courses that I had subscribed to! ✅

What would make today great?

Keeping the below from Jan just for reference again, will add more detailed goals tomorrow.

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (Monday 30th) are:

Do my personal finances as I am behind with them
Add some more shares to my portfolio
Work on the high-level plan
Continue ensuring digital assets are connected to Google Analytics

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

I got up fine this morning, the problem was that my son didn’t get up. He’s getting very demoralized with homeschooling – it’s not working for him. I completed some of my morning routine.

Today is day 68 post bone marrow transplant for my son. 🤞

Today’s picture is a daily candle chart for the FTSE 100 as today I am mostly going to be buying some new shares for my portfolio. Although I doubt I will be buying the FTSE 100 as it currently looks to be on a bit of a high and I can’t see it lasting.

Food Diary

Today I ate:

Not sure yet, but I’m definitely going back to a keto or carnivore diet as I’m getting a little porky from all the carbs I’ve been stuffing down my face!

Today I Am Reading

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1398 or 56% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1413 or 57% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

That when you start promoting your SaaS product you should start using Google Tag Manager + Google Analytics. Something new for me there as I have heard of and currently use Google Analytics, but I’ve never even heard of Google tag manager.

It also suggests using Google Search Console, which I also currently use, and Hotjar which I’ve heard of before, something to do with website heatmaps, although I’ve never actually used it before.

I just signed up to Hotjar and added the installation code required to start monitoring my PlanIt-BookIt website.

The book mentioned a number of sites that keep audiences updated on new technology. Two that I already use Product Hunt and Reddit and a new one that I have just signed up for called BetaList.

It says that BetaList is great for SaaS companies and is good for getting initial feedback from users and a possibility of getting your first sign-up from using it. Useful for early-stage Saas

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Previously (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th) I:

Went shopping played a bit of racketball, watched some TV, and generally had a relaxing weekend! ✅

What would make today great?

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (Monday 30th) are:

Do my personal finances as I am behind with them
Add some more shares to my portfolio
Work on the high-level plan
Continue ensuring digital assets are connected to Google Analytics

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

Got up late and hardly completed any of my morning routine.

Today is day 66 post bone marrow transplant for my son. 🤞

Today’s picture is of some excellent ribs I had on my ski holiday the other week.

Today has been a bit of a right off as we had a load of beers with friends last night. Was a great night though.

Yesterday I took my son to our squash club for his first attempt at playing squash in probably over 6 months now. He lasted just less than 10 minutes before becoming too tied but he could still play quite well.

Food Diary

Today I ate:

A bacon sarny, a sausage sarny and a beef and onion sarny – was feeding my hangover!

Today I Am Reading

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1137 or 46% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1398 or 56% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

When writing a blog, identify the pain points of your readers, collect keywords and create a content plan, then write the content and add useful, relevant links.

Do not write sales messages.

Identify clear use cases for your product. This should stem from your customer profiles. Come up with 5 or more use cases for your product and create articles for these directions. What does the product do? What does it not do? The content needs to give value to the reader.

Keep some metrics – organic traffic growth, google position changes, sign-ups, lead magnet downloads, and comments.

Subscription forms need to be simple and not put the user off.

Ensure your blog posts fulfill their stated purpose.

Separate or highlight the most important information.

Check out online communities and Q&A sites to help you discover what to write about. Reach out on such forums e.g. “What’s one thing that drives you mad with your current booking system?”. Also, run a survey that has multiple-choice questions and one open-ended question. Publish results of surveys.

Create an email subscription form.

Offer incentives – free template, e-book, or product trial. The incentive must be relevant to your community.

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Yesterday (Friday 27th and Thursday 26th) I:

Updated my colors for creativity and sources for innovation pages on my innovation-creativity website to try and improve its ranking✅
Wrotes the bulk of a page on emotional intelligence for this leadership-and-development website✅
Squash with my son ✅
Big shop at Aldi ✅
Claim on phone insurance for my son’s phone that he dropped.

What would make today great?

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (Thursday 26th) are:

Work on the high-level plan
Continue ensuring digital assets are connected to Google Analytics
Mainly going to relax today

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

Got up at a kind of normal time for me, around 8:30 am, and completed my morning routine.

Today is day 64 post bone marrow transplant for my son, and he’s doing well with everything except homeschooling. 🤞

Today’s picture is of a special fried rice I made, it was rather nice too!

We did a big shop at Aldi, over £100! Bad news: if shopping bills at Aldi are going beyond £100, it’s the cheapest supermarket in the UK.

I played my friend Paul at Racketball in the evening, was a great game, I, unfortunately, lost 13 to 11 in the 5th game. I will beat him next week! I think the holiday all-inclusive bar has taken a toll on my fitness.

After two nights of abstaining from alcohol, I failed tonight and had a beer in the bar and a few more back at home.

Food Diary

Today I ate:

A shop bought lasagne for lunch which was very nice and then for dinner I had the special fried rice displayed in today’s pic. Had a few Yorkshire mixture sweets too, lovely!

Today I Am Reading

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1115 or 45% complete.

My ending point fr today was location 1137 or 46% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

A blog article should have an introduction, a plot, and a conclusion Think about the user. Take the most competitive, engaging content then reword and add one or two different points. Blog articles should not sell. Include stats, expert quotes, and case studies. Don’t speak negatively about competitors. Use screenshots and tables to make things clearer. Keep your writing style consistent. Support potentially controversial statements with links to authoritative sources.

Use short sentences and paragraphs as they are easier to read on a website. Keep paragraphs to only two sentences. Avoid passive voice and adjectives. Overall keep it simple, and avoid complexity.

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Yesterday (Wednesday 25th) I:

Had a relatively successful meeting with one of my more recent customers ✅
Updated a little more of my innovation-creativity website to try and improve its ranking.✅

What would make today great?

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (Thursday 26th) are:

Work on the high-level plan
Continue ensuring digital assets are connected to Google Analytics
Update colors for creativity and sources for innovation pages on my innovation-creativity website to try and improve its ranking.
Write a page on emotional intelligence for my leadership-and-development website

Morning Routine, General Diary, Thoughts, and Ideas

Got up very early for me today and completed the bulk of my morning routine.

I’ve missed quite a few days I know! I went on a skiing trip to Sallbach in Austria, only to find that my knees are so weak from years of playing squash and some surgery that I can no longer ski!! Oh well, it wasn’t too bad as the hotel Die Sonne where I stayed was off-the-chart excellent. It had a full all-inclusive bar and lots of spa facilities.

Today is day 63 post bone marrow transplant for my son, and his blood numbers are still increasing! 🤞.

Today’s picture is me on my skis, I’m the one in the middle.

Food Diary

Today I ate:

A left over steak pie from last night which was gorgeous.

Today I Am Reading

My goal today is to read some of Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business

My starting point for today is location 1102 or 44% complete.

My ending point for today was location 1115 or 45% complete.

My Learnings Today

My learnings from reading Build and Promote Profitable SaaS Business by Kateryna Myroniuk

Keynotes from the book today were:

The pricing page should be friendly and easy to use as the visitor is almost ready to buy if she gets to this point. It should include attributes of trust. Add awards or logos of other companies that use your software. Update the information as the company grows.
On the sign-up page list the benefits one more time or alternatively have nothing but the sign-up process, really you should test to see which works best.
A user interacts with your brand approx 15 times before he signs up – this is why you need decent content marketing. Educate visitors and gradually gain their trust. A blog is about establishing a long-term relationship with your customers.

My Core Journal

Here is my core journal, the part that I don’t expect to change too much on a day-to-day basis

What did you achieve yesterday?

Yesterday (Tuesday 24th) I:

Unpacked from my holiday and took my son to his hospital appointment ✅

What would make today great?

2 to 3 tasks, see core journal – micro goals

My micro goals for today (Wednesday 25th) are:

Plan for a meeting with one of my customers
Work on the high-level plan
Continue ensuring digital assets are connected to Google Analytics
Update more of my innovation-creativity website to try and improve its ranking.