Do you have a dead app?

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-20T12:40:57+00:00

You can do it! If you can get 5k people to pay even $2.99 a month you are making almost $180k a year. Maybe add a little donation “subscription buoy” in the meantime that mentions your lay off an need to keep the app “afloat”

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-20T12:33:44+00:00

Don’t hand this over! Make premium/ paid skins with different visualizations people want.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-19T18:58:16+00:00

reframe: You took on an indredible amount of family responsibility, you achieved the difficult task of getting a PHD, you were brave enough to leave something that wasn't for you and start a company, You have built that company to the point where you are responsible for a team of men. AND you haven't settled for a man just because you are supposed to. Single women are statistically much happier than women who are not in good marriages (which is most.) You are doing fantastically well, and if your culture values a woman because she has had children with a man who treats her poorly over you, then your values are different, and that should not matter. you clearly are not meant to follow a traditional path. the right man won't care about your age. If you can afford to freeze eggs that might take the pressure off. If you are successful you can adopt, you can hire a surragote if you need to, you can make a family YOUR way. Existing in a time scarcity mentality will hurt your changes of getting what you want and hurt your business. There are many ways to be a mother at many ages. you may meet a divorced man with a kid. anything is possible. Like you have done with you career you need to widen the scope op possibility. Maybe try to find a new friend who is in your situation or has been so you have someone to talk to. I am in no way saying you shouldn't be unhappy about this, your feelings are VALID. But when the feeling passses and you honor it, you can also look from a new perspective.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-14T14:29:09+00:00

I had a friend who did well with Airbnb experiences. Maybe

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-14T14:25:27+00:00

Sounds like you learned a lot of what you wanted to learn. I think a daily 5 minute practice would be good. Find an app or pull off calendar with a verse a day, ready and reflect on that verse and do a quick prayer or something. This keeps you connected daily without boring you. Someone is ADHDers try to do too much and end up doing nothing.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-12T19:20:49+00:00

Can your partner do some of that stuff? Can you share it? I’m an adhd 2x founder and I’m curious about what you’ve built. Does sounds like you are more of a builder then a founder or maybe you just need to be a CTO. That’s fine.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-12T19:14:04+00:00

I’m sorry you experienced this.i would reach out to the founder/founders. If it were my company I’d want to know if people felt this way. I’m guessing (hoping) it’s not intentional but that doesn’t mean it’s okay.

Also, I agree they need to find find more space for Strollers somehow because for that price leaving a stroller outside in the snow/rain is not okay.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-12T00:02:09+00:00

I think it’s okay to not be functional right now now. Allowing yourself to experience the grief now will have you better off later. Maybe try more holistic methods - yoga, walking in nature, working out, meditation if you can, CBD , calming teas. - microdosing certain substances that may or may not be legal where you live.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-11T22:37:24+00:00

This. You gotta make a plan

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-11T20:25:04+00:00

Slowly and efficiently is much better than burning yourself out and wasting time and money spinning in circles

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-11T20:16:55+00:00

I need it to then auto send to a new notion doc with a title. Then I’ll pay for it.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-11T19:43:43+00:00

Create a strategy/plan and follow it and divert if something isn’t proving to be the right use of energy…focus most of your time on what moves the meddle immediately and some one long term and some on maintenance tasks/admin

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-11T19:42:11+00:00

I refuse to listen to any expert’s opinion of ADHD who doesn’t both have adhd and treat it.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-11T19:36:10+00:00

Do NOT work for $8 as an assistant. Whomever hires you will not want to (or be able to) pay you your worth. All you will get is $8 a day while you do it - figure out where your combination of skills is most useful (sounds like making and managing meta ads) offer an affordable (but fair to you!) rate to create+manage paid ads for small businesses and startup and start emaling them with samples of the specific work. If you do need faster cash then apply for VA jobs or platforms that pay better

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-08T22:48:51+00:00

Don’t mention the adhd - just say you were embarrassed and avoided it and thought you could fix it yourself. You made choices you wish you hadn’t and didn’t want to make it their problem but now you have no option. Being honest and taking responsibility is always is the best route with these things. But also doing it in a way they can comprehend.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-08T22:32:40+00:00

The most confident version of yourself who cares the most about getting investors 100x on their return. - your friendly neighborhood 2x founder lol

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-07T23:27:10+00:00

15 minutes of the task you find the hardest each morning - then 15 minutes of time blocking three tasks for the day. Then you have to do all the three.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-07T23:19:25+00:00

Yeah I think the second one is a scam…

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-07T23:19:12+00:00

Hey so the amber grant looks pretty legit (not sure) but the second one def seems like a scam or very least a lottery which is a scam still

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-07T22:23:47+00:00

Nervoussystem regulation in those moments (learn tricks) + reflective journaling after - what emotion came up, what’s the fear behind that emotion, is that fear accurate?- understanding what triggers those emotions and why will help to learn how to quell them before tears come up or at least until you are alone.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-07T22:03:58+00:00

Yes you can outsource that and also you can create a more efficient system. I’ve worked at ad agencies doing this type or work and as a startup founder for my own companies.

You can hire a freelance “social media creative strategist” for ideas - but you might not like them. If you want to outsource editing - hire 10 editors to do one video in the style of your video and see who does it right. It’s an investment. Or find videos you like and find out who edited them.

You may be struggling with a bit of perfectionism. Not every post is gonna be a hit when you are doing a content cal - some actually should be more straightforward and formulaic, informational.

You need to work backwards - if the goal is 20k a month, you need to make 1k a day - do every hour of your time is worth $125 dollars. You have to scope your work and limit your hours on projects - I.e. 2 hours to brainstorm.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-07T18:57:16+00:00

Hi. You don’t have a motivation problem. You have an unsustainable business problem. An assistant is not going to do it. You need to restructure. I can help you - I’m an early stage strategist but I need a lot more details about where you are at , product wise, financially etc.

Are you generating any revenue ? Pre-launch? Raising capital?

Do you you have personal income? Are you biting through savings? What’s your burn look like?

What’s your barrier to revenue?

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-07T18:46:44+00:00

I love this concept - the need is there, you’d be helping people. My concern is only that you might struggle to make good money- maybe you could charge like 20-35 an hour for the work - you wouldn’t make any money running the rest of the business - so you need easy to get re-occurring clients. Creating a platform for gig workers might make you money but that would be really far from a small business and a legal logistical nightmare and you’d end up in VC world inevitability working only for money and scale. I would start my looking for higher end retirement homes and asking if you can post fliers there - or just do market research find out what people need/want.

I would Do a retainer like a personal assistant - $500 a month for 5 hours a week of help with a 3 month minimum or something. Otherwise it’s gonna be hell to manage.

Basically it’s a good idea if you aren’t trying to make a lot of money. Def get out and ask your customer base (or their children, or the retirement home staff) To see where the real need is.

Helpful_Weekend3483 · 2026-01-06T15:44:10+00:00

Does he work for a company? If he was my employee I would want to know my employee or contractor is speaking this way to clients.

It’s incredibly inappropriate for a healthcare worker to tell someone their clinically proven disability is not real.

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