I've never sent a cold message in my life. Not a single one.

And I'm a developer who wants clients. I know how that sounds. If you want clients, you have to do outreach. It's obvious. Even I know it's obvious. But I just don't want to. And don't ask me why... 😭 There are so many things that are obvious that I still can't seem to do. Every client I've ever worked with came inbound. 🫴They found me. My LinkedIn profile honestly looks rough. Barely touched. And still these people trusted me with their work. I'm insanely grateful for that. So I'm doing both. Client work by day, and I build @Ryffar at night. And honestly, it's getting heavier. Everything's just fucked up. There are days I feel like I'm not doing either one well. ⤷ My sleep cycle is gone. I'm barely sleeping, only when my body gives up. ⤷ I don't wanna see myself in the mirror. The dark circles are bad. Feels like my eyes are sinking. ⤷ Food? I don't miss meals. I eat more when I'm stressed, so... and Diet Coke and energy drinks all the time now. ⤷ Stress eating is making me gain weight. I need to join a gym. 💀 But you might be wondering, why am I doing both? Let me explain. Software costs money to run. Especially AI-powered software. So I need the client work to get paid, and I take that money and invest it in what I'm building. But why am I even building @Ryffar ? I don't want to freelance forever. I haven't wanted to for a long time now. And that's why I'm building it. Just a hope that people will actually use it. That one day I can finally stop freelancing and focus completely on one thing. tbh, I don't know if this is the right way. But it's the only way I know. And maybe this is what gets me inbound. I build, and I talk about it, and they find me. If you can't do the hunting, build something worth finding.

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