Bird Rise had its best month yet. We crossed the $10k revenue mark. There are still some very annoying bugs that need to be fixed, though.
Smart Keys is the opposite story. The hard-paywall test showed lower trial conversion from day one, the Meta ads just aren’t performing, and putting its numbers next to Bird Rise is honestly brutal.
Prospera Forms is still the steady ground.
The social media agents keep getting better. Got the SWC one publishing, Bird Rise looks good, and Smart Keys is still the hard one (too many screen recordings). A few videos are sneaking up close to 1k views.
Writing more. Shipped a post about why Bird Rise is working and started shaping an article about what actually makes a “tribe” (it’s not a subreddit or a demographic, it’s something people are proud to wear on a t-shirt). I keep telling myself to block one full day a week just to organize cards and write. Maybe I actually will.
Relaxing
Spend Mother’s Day with family in a cozy café on a farm. (I caught the flu from my nephew :p)
Still enjoying my time here in Ratones, with birds joining us during breakfast and lunch. Playing with Polen and Liz. We had such a great time hanging out in Santo Antonio and at Ratonarte, the local art and gastronomic fair where I used to run the smallest, biggest cinema for kids. I was so surprised when I found out that Leandra and I were featured on a billboard celebrating the 31 years of the grassroots organization that runs the event (Amora – Associação dos Moradores de Ratones).
I finished Clear Thinking. Some chapters are interesting, but others are like “how to be a high achiever” guides, which is not what I’m looking for in my reading. I’m reading now Making Sense of Word HIstory.
Took a couple of days off to celebrate the $10k milestone. Funny thing though, the numbers keep climbing and I keep refreshing RevenueCat every hour, but it’s bringing me less joy than I expected. A bit of a low-mood stretch. I’m trying to check RC less and feel a little more.
Got my passport sorted so fast. Small win, weirdly satisfying.
Exercise
Honest update: May knocked me down for a bit. Got sick mid-month, even had some blurry vision that made working hard. Feeling better now, not 100% yet. Easing back toward the stubborn goal of the year: move every single f**ing day.
