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OP here. I call my products startups because I need to believe each will make $ at some point, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to grind for 6 years. Some are actual startups with decent userbase and recurring revenue, and some are just free logo makers.
How would someone who is really clueless and horrible at promotion learn those kind of skills?
I'm curious if the author has ever been in therapy. I would never say food + sleep + exercise is a substitute for professional medical advice.
Exercise (the right kind) has comparable effects to anti-depressants. It can help people with very hard to treat depression manage symptoms. It improves cognition and induces neurogenesis.
Sleep. It's quite a curious fact but after a person experiences sleep deprivation their dopamine and serotonin levels spike. It's been noted that this helps with depression. Psychiatrists have observed the relationship between sleep and mental health and used sleep modulation to treat bipolar. They call it triple chrono therapy 'sleep deprivation for 36 h, followed by 4 days of advancing the time of sleep and daily morning bright-light therapy for 6 months) has demonstrated benefits for the rapid treatment of depressive symptom.'
So that's an interesting example of using sleep as a way to treat illness. The more common knowledge is that having poor sleep negatively effects mood and cognition. If you look at so-called 'biohackers' the number one thing they seem to emphasize is sleep. Because if you have poor sleep it's infinitely harder to manage every other aspect of your life. Never mind exercising or eating well. You're not going to feel like doing anything.
The last one -- diet. In those with mental disorders its interesting to note that the prevalence of nutrition deficiencies is much higher than the general population. I've seen some interesting takes on the potential role that nutrition may play in mental health. There are some that say that some of these illnesses may be caused by potential issues with absorbing nutrients. While others say that specific diets have managed to cure seemingly incurable disorders. There does seem to be evidence of direct dietary ties as a kind of treatment for mental disorders. One of the most important medications in psychiatry, lithium, might also be an essential micronutrient.
It seems the more we understand about diet, sleep, and exercise, the more important they actually become for maintaining mental health. Though the specifics do matter.
I'm curious if the author has ever been in therapy. I would never say food + sleep + exercise is a substitute for professional medical advice.
It might not be as objective; the author benefits from people who take this advice and decide to try one of the advertised products.
I'm curious if the author has ever been in therapy. I would never say food + sleep + exercise is a substitute for professional medical advice.
A gap in food, sleep, or exercise in someone who has no pre-existing mental health problems will reduce productivity and can induce or exacerbate a mental health decline. Founders tend to start skipping these and it's a good reminder that these are important.
People with pre-existing mental health problems should absolutely look to food, sleep, and exercise to prevent exacerbating their problems, but this is not sufficient.
OP here. I call my products startups because I need to believe each will make $ at some point, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to grind for 6 years. Some are actual startups with decent userbase and recurring revenue, and some are just free logo makers.
OP here. I call my products startups because I need to believe each will make $ at some point, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to grind for 6 years. Some are actual startups with decent userbase and recurring revenue, and some are just free logo makers.
I appreciate the grit but don't align with the definition. One could argue that you made 1 startup with several products and the most successful one would be what you pivot to.
if instead it would say: 21 products, 15 products, 10 products... the list would look much more sensible.
I admire your work ethic and perseverance. One thing I personally learned from trying to build a startup this way, is that the problems you’re building a solution for become very narrow as your main source of inspiration becomes startup culture and digital SaaS products. I made the decision to first get real work experience in a relevant industry, learn the problems there and only then start building a product. This…
100% with you. It's so hard to find real problems if you spend 90% of your time finding problems. Having a job is a great fix. Building side projects with no purpose works too. For instance, you can sell a boilerplate to make it faster, or get feedback from users and build for them. Although it's much harder to start, and hard to navigate life without $ for months (years in my case)