7: When should you take time off?

Today Dan and I talk about when you should take time off as an indie hacker, some fun ways to spice up your workspace and we giveaway a t-shirt. What we covered in this episode: Approaching 3k downloads When you should take time off Having art in your workspace Sponsor - Upvoty Remembering Tolta ilo Threads Launching a new theme Brett and Sahil Indie Bites Best day of downloads ever Buying indiebites.com Handmaking my own leather items Dan’s tweet James tweet Links: Follow the show on Twitter and get involved → @nomoremondaysfm → Sponsor the show Today's sponsor - Upvoty As an indie hacker building your product, how often do you ask for user feedback? Because if you listen to the problems of your users, you can really understand their pain points and solve their problem, building a product they love. Upvoty is a user feedback tool that makes it easy for you to listen to your users and prioritize what to build next. Install Upvoty's feedback boards and you'll have all of your user feedback in one place. You can also close the feedback loop by setting up your Changelog and Product Roadmap, allowing your users to be actively involved in building new features and love your product even more. Want to give it a go? → Try Upvoty here About Dan Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time. → Dan's Twitter → ilo.so - Twitter analytics → Gloat - Ghost host → Cove - Commenting for Ghost → Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes → Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS About James I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year. → James' Twitter → Indie Bites - Indie founder chats → 2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course → Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets → PodPanda - Podcast editing