091622

  • woke up at 7ish. very groggy/unmotivated today.

  • spoke on discord about day planning and prioritization and the goal of mentorship.

  • ate: yogurt + protein powder.

  • briefly worked out. shoulder a little dicked up—might rest or walk later. filmed a reel for instagram making fun of david goggins. planned some content marketing with wife. drank a soylent.

  • took notes on an idea re youtube.

  • played three games of chess. draw, loss, win.

  • made social media posts about today’s diywealth essay.

  • did research on CBOE putwrite and buywrite indices for an upcoming promotion. studied another promotion.

  • created inflation expectation table in excel

  • backtested cash alert trades for 2022

  • went to deal with a mouse in the house. ate.

  • assisted wife with dead links on diywealth.com

  • worked on cash alert. wrote 930 words.

  • mentee meeting.

  • discussed content marketing strategy with a junior. planned a potential product for copy that.

  • coordinated dinner plans. wrote a little bit for the quarterly report. got geeked about copy that hitting 3000 subscribers.

  • recorded a loom about buying put options.

  • coordinated plans for saturday.

  • showered/cleaned up.

  • went to r house for dinner with friends. drank.

  • did crossword puzzles before sleep.

091522

  • woke up at 6am. caught up on email and news.

  • ate: yogurt + protein powder. watched Nate O’Brien videos.

  • briefly worked out. pull ups. landmine lunges. upright rows. hammer curls.

  • cooked & ate eggs + ground beef + mushrooms + protein shake. discussed 403b and 401k accounts with two friends.

  • reviewed latest copy that video.

  • spoke to folks on Discord. began referral program for Copy That!

  • checked email/monthly revenue statements. reviewed analytics. read news.

  • wrote linkedin post for latest copy that vid. wrote insta post for copy that and diywealth and sent to smm. set up webinar for copy that! masterclass.

  • passed along potential employees/candidates to a hiring friend.

  • learned how to make a YT clip.

  • reviewed Friday’s DIYwealth email/post.

  • accepted a delivery. grabbed a snack. took a bathroom break. moderated r/copywriting a bit. planned 10 day thanksgiving copy that video campaign.

  • researched real estate cap rate.

  • started masterclass stream. created referral program spreadsheet.

  • played 3 games of chess. won 2, lost 1

  • paid bill. studied this promo from southbank.

  • copy that mentee meeting.

  • gave relationship advice to an 18 year old on discord.

  • cooked dinner. ate.

  • watched daredevil.

091422

  • woke up at 3am and couldn’t get back to sleep.

  • joked around on discord for a bit. discussed logistics of a new campaign/report with Japanese team. watched videos of endarterectomies. fell back asleep around 5:30.

  • woke up again at 7.

  • ate: yogurt + protein powder. checked work email. read article about Humphrey Yang.

  • briefly worked out. 3x5 of bench press. superset of dips+tricep pushdowns to failure.

  • cooked & ate eggs + bison meat + mushrooms + asparagus + protein shake. took out trash.

  • closed a losing trade

  • reviewed copy that! patreon Q&A from July. updated patreon playlist.

  • cleaned up.

  • therapy.

  • made plans to meet with a friend on Saturday. wrote up a comment on why I don’t like $BABA as an investment.

  • paid bills. transferred funds.

  • spoke to mother about thanksgiving travel plans.

  • made a doctor’s appointment

  • created an amortization schedule for my debt

  • reached out to partners about q2 financials. paid more bills.

  • revised/updated autoresponder email.

  • began listing questions for a copy that! beginner Q&A stream

  • bathroom break

  • streamed for 2.5 hours

  • transmitted recordings to assistant.

  • updated nvidia driver

  • spoke to wife. texted with friend. set up meeting with potential bookkeeper.

  • played azul while waiting for dinner.

  • ate: burgers.

  • read.

091322

  • woke up around 630. slept ok

  • reviewed slack messages. paid copy that patron for bullets.

  • shared this blog with copy that patreon discord

  • ate: yogurt + protein powder.

  • went to physical therapy. worked on hip mobility.

  • came home. ate: eggs+asparagus+mushrooms+garlic.

  • checked BLS inflation statistics. said “damn, I hate being right all the time.”

  • booked flights for upcoming family trip to Los Angeles, Boise, and Chicago in November.

  • coordinated with domestic and japanese teams about an upcoming front end campaign.

  • coordinated a meeting about potentially partnering with Agora on a video production project

  • pomodoro 45 minutes: wrote a facebook status about inflation. began working on the upcoming quarterly Heritage Portfolio report and Cash Alert. 732 words written

  • bathroom break.

  • played chess (lost 3 games in a row).

  • pomodoro 45 minutes: worked on cash alert and quarterly report. wrote and frankensteined 6,919 words in total.

  • discussed entrepreneurship on CT discord; discussed business expenses/assets with a CT contractor

  • reached out to amazon CS about transferring over the DIYwealth amazon associates account to our business email

  • updated two huge backtest spreadsheets for the quarterly report

  • moderated r/copywriting. answered questions on discord. looked at YT analytics

  • ordered groceries

  • watched the rest of RRR — amazing, ridiculous film

  • ate dinner

  • put daughter to sleep

  • put away grocery delivery

  • read

  • watched 2 episodes of daredevil.

091222

  • woke up before 7. slept poorly.

  • sent draft of upcoming DIY blog to partner for editing/punch ups.

  • resolved a business expense report issue

  • interfaced with japanese team on the riskiness of option strategies at the moment. might be time to go bullish.

  • ate: yogurt + protein powder. watched videos about the Hans Niemann drama in chess.

  • went to crossfit. Front squatted 185# for 6. 6 rounds of rowing, situps, lunge+lunge+squat at 115#

  • cleaned up. cooked & ate eggs + bison meat + protein shake. read news.

  • set up spmacintyre.com blogs after asking Copy That! crew if this (reading about my day-to-day) would be interesting

  • paid water bill and copy that! editor’s invoice

  • biweekly standing meeting with major partners. discussed upcoming publication schedules and operational challenges and content marketing plan

  • pomodoro: 45 minutes - listing books for a diywealth library/book recommendations page

  • bathroom, water, & caffeine break

  • made a family budget (this took wayyyy longer than I expected)

  • 5pm - began taking care of daughter.

  • scheduled meetings with Copy That! mentees

  • tried to do some list cleanup for diywealth (failed)

  • cooked dinner

  • watched the beginning of RRR

  • did the tuesday crossword before sleep