| Phase | Window | Energy | Primary work |
|---|---|---|---|
| A — Pre-departure | Now → May 23 | Stable | Move logistics, cubbylist stabilization |
| A1 — Arrival | May 24–31 | Family-led | Settle, no bölcsőde, light cubbylist only |
| Beszoktatás | ~June 1–15 | Overlaps Cycle 1 | Bölcsőde settling-in; work time near zero some days |
| B1 — Cycle 1 | Late May → late June | Variable | Light only; IVF asset build |
| B-rest 1 | ~1 week | Near baseline | Expert calls, 1 cubbylist experiment, content kickoff |
| B2 — Cycle 2 | Early July | Variable | Same as B1, slightly more capacity |
| B-rest 2 | Late July | Near baseline | Push window |
| B3 — Cycle 3 | August | Variable | Same shape |
| B-rest 3 | Late Aug / early Sept | Best | Peak earnings — multiple calls, paid consults |
| C — Transfer | Sept–Oct | Emotional | Lighter again |
| D — Return to BC | November | Recovering | Open — depends on outcome |
B-rest weeks are when real work happens. Design the week around those, not around stim days. Cycle 1 is the lightest by design — learn the shape, ramp in cycle 2.
| 06:30 | Wake (Nathan-led) |
| 07:00–09:00 | Nathan breakfast + walk to bölcsőde (sun + steps) |
| 09:30–11:00 | Sprint 1 — #1 priority |
| 11:00–12:00 | Email batch 1 + walk + last coffee |
| 12:00–13:00 | Lunch (often with Ádám once he's up) |
| 13:00–14:30 | Sprint 2 — #2 priority |
| 14:30–15:00 | Walk to bölcsőde pickup |
| 15:00–18:00 | Afternoon with Nathan |
| 18:00–19:30 | Dinner + Nathan bedtime (Ádám → work) |
| 20:00–21:00 | Email batch 2 + light admin / reading |
| 21:00–21:30 | Write tomorrow's #1 |
| 21:30–22:30 | Wind-down (book, bath, music, no screens) |
| 22:30 | Sleep · cold room (17–19°C) |
Transition weeks (May 23 arrival → ~June 1 bölcsőde start) and beszoktatás (settling-in, 1–2 weeks) differ — see the Calendar for visual grid + transition details.
| Dimension | Core rituals |
|---|---|
| Body | Fixed sleep window. Sunlight on wake. Small meals every 3 hrs. 20-min midday walk. Light strength 2–3×/week (no heavy cardio during stims). Coffee cutoff at noon. Cold sleep room. No screens 1 hr before bed. Plastics out of food/water contact. |
| Emotions | Three lenses for rejection/stress (reverse / long / wide). Long exhale before clinic calls. One specific appreciation to Ádám daily. |
| Mind | Two 90-min sprints/day on top priorities. Email batched 2×/day. Tomorrow's #1 written tonight. Single-task; no notifications. |
| Spirit | Friday 30-min review (built/decided, drained, next week's #1, this week's publishable signal). One friend per week — calendar-blocked. |
Distribution is the moat. Content-first builds owned audience for 2027; consulting is opportunistic add-on from inbound.
| Track | Activity | Time to revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Quick cash | 1:1 Claude Code consult ($300–500/90 min) | 2–4 weeks |
| Quick cash | CLAUDE.md template / skills pack on Gumroad ($30–80) | 4–8 weeks |
| Quick cash | Monthly office hours ($50–100/seat × 5–10 seats) | 1–2 months |
| Slow burn | Substack — 2 anchor posts/month (drealabs) | 3–6 months |
| Slow burn | Twitter/X — 1 thread/week + 2–3 short posts/week | 6–12 months |
| Slow burn | Cohort / course later | 9–12 months |
| Slow burn | Expert networks (GLG, AlphaSights, Tegus) — register Phase A | 3–6 months |
| Frame | Build-in-public solo operator — not "AI educator" |
| Tone | Anti-hype. "I built this. Here's the boring part." |
| Format | Real builds with screenshots, decisions, outcomes — show, don't teach |
| Voice | Nerdy, no-bullshit, occasionally entertaining, never performative |
| Audience | Mid-career product/ops people who want to build with AI |
| Closest models | Pieter Levels, Tony Dinh, early Cassidoo |
| Brand setup | drealabs as publication ("building with AI as a solo operator"); Andrea Antal byline |
IVF abroad becomes texture (shows up in voice), not framing. Lean evergreen (workflow design, memory systems) over trend-chasing (newest features) — AI content depreciates fast.
Friday afternoon, 60–90 min: Capture & Publish Lab. Package the past 2 weeks of actual work into one Substack post or thread. Not new ideation — repackaging what already happened.
| Tier | Cost cap | Time cap | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 — Free signal | $0 | 1–3 hrs | FB post, 5 network DMs, pre-sale message, Reddit thread |
| 2 — Cheap test | ≤$100 | 4–8 hrs | Landing page + $50 ad, Gumroad listing, fake-door form |
| 3 — Concierge MVP | ≤$500 | 1 week | Manual delivery for 1–3 clients, no-code prototype |
Rules: written kill criterion before starting. Never skip a tier. One active test at a time. For audience-building specifically: 90-day review, not single-post kill criteria — content compounds slowly.