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How I Work: $40K/Month Solopreneur
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Aug 2, 2026
Over the past few years, Jack Friks has completely changed his life through bootstrapping and building apps on the internet. In this video, we do a deep into how he works: how he spends his time, finds ideas, and his approach to work that viewers can take and use in their daily life.
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Some
weeks
I
will
work
an
hour
or
two
a
day
and
then
other
weeks
I'll
work
for
like
eight
or
ten
hours
a
day
Every
week
that
I
work
is
really
completely
different
and
that's
kind
of
the
whole
reason
why
I
got
into
being
a
founder
is
so
I
could
choose
to
do
that
whenever
I
want
Hey
I'm
Jack
Fricks
I
make
40
000
a
month
as
a
solopreneur
Some
weeks
I
work
four
hours
a
week
sometimes
40
and
people
always
ask
me
if
they
need
to
work
60
to
make
it
So
today
I'm
excited
to
tell
you
about
how
I
work
I
don't
have
a
strict
time
that
I
wake
up
usually
around
like
seven
o
clock
eight
o
clock
depending
on
what
the
last
day
looked
like
First
thing
I
do
when
I
wake
up
brush
my
teeth
usually
do
a
workout
workout
and
then
shower
make
coffee
and
hop
right
into
customer
support
That's
like
the
staple
and
then
I'm
jumping
right
in
onto
my
desk
into
work
after
those
like
three
things
The
reason
I
do
customer
support
in
the
morning
first
thing
is
mostly
because
it's
like
my
least
favorite
thing
to
do
It's
hard
for
me
to
like
ignore
an
email
once
I
see
it
but
it's
also
the
thing
that
I
think
matters
the
most
because
if
I'm
replying
to
my
customers
who
are
paying
they're
going
to
be
a
lot
lot
happier
the
faster
I
reply
to
them
and
faster
I
fix
their
problems
That's
how
I
was
able
to
grow
my
products
that's
how
I
was
able
to
make
them
better
and
then
in
turn
eventually
get
more
users
that
stuck
around
because
it
was
actually
useful
I
can't
really
do
the
cafe
I
can't
really
do
the
moving
around
so
it's
always
the
same
place
to
get
a
routine
and
to
get
like
a
nice
environment
set
up
Like
I
think
everyone
has
a
best
way
they
work
and
I've
found
that
the
best
way
I
work
is
sitting
at
like
a
nice
chair
a
nice
desk
kind
of
having
everything
how
I
like
it
clean
clutter
free
and
then
I'm
just
able
to
kind
of
sit
down
and
do
what
I
want
to
do
rather
than
worrying
like
of
all
the
little
things
in
my
environment
that
I'm
not
used
to
Every
week
that
I
work
is
really
completely
different
I
work
rather
than
in
days
I
kind
of
work
in
sprints
Some
weeks
I
will
work
maybe
an
hour
or
two
a
day
and
then
other
weeks
I'll
work
for
like
eight
or
ten
hours
a
day
This
week
that
I'm
in
right
now
just
launched
a
new
product
so
I've
been
working
like
10
hours
each
day
I'm
leading
up
to
the
launch
I'm
waking
up
and
I'm
working
and
I'm
half
the
time
forgetting
to
eat
lunch
but
I'm
kind
of
really
having
fun
and
I'm
really
inspired
on
these
weeks
where
I'm
working
working
a
lot
but
like
this
week
we
launched
something
new
It's
very
exciting
and
there's
lots
of
feedback
so
there's
like
infinite
work
to
do
and
then
maybe
in
a
month
or
two
when
things
kind
of
settle
and
I'm
just
focusing
on
like
more
basic
things
it
will
be
like
maybe
one
or
two
hours
a
day
and
also
if
it's
really
nice
outside
that
also
revolves
in
why
I
only
work
two
hours
some
days
because
maybe
I
want
to
go
outside
and
like
play
sports
with
my
fiancee
or
just
go
on
a
walk
and
I
want
to
be
able
to
do
that
and
that's
kind
of
the
whole
reason
why
I
got
into
being
a
founder
is
so
I
could
choose
to
do
that
whenever
I
want
So
after
customer
support
I
pretty
much
just
work
on
whatever
feels
the
most
important
to
me
that
day
so
what
I
feel
inspired
to
work
on
whether
there's
a
big
bug
in
something
whether
you
know
a
project
sounds
exciting
to
me
and
I
can
see
a
kind
of
it
coming
to
life
through
doing
something
and
working
on
it
then
I'll
decide
to
work
on
that
Generally
my
rule
is
that
I
still
only
focus
on
one
thing
per
day
I've
talked
to
other
people
too
and
focusing
on
more
than
one
thing
per
day
is
one
thing
per
day
is
very
hard
so
that's
kind
of
where
I
draw
the
line
in
multitasking
is
like
one
project
a
day
day
besides
the
main
customer
support
for
my
livelihood
but
ultimately
what's
worth
my
time
is
whatever
I'm
excited
about
whatever
I'm
curious
about
I
think
I'm
kind
of
my
own
boss
I
get
to
decide
what
to
do
next
so
I
might
as
well
have
fun
with
it
and
enjoy
it
otherwise
like
what
am
I
doing
at
least
that's
what
I
think
I
definitely
think
the
more
money
I
made
and
more
secure
I
felt
the
less
I
felt
I
needed
to
prove
anything
so
the
less
I
in
turn
felt
like
I
needed
to
work
a
lot
and
I
think
a
big
turning
point
for
me
was
seeing
like
my
monthly
recurring
revenue
actually
be
above
like
a
few
thousand
a
month
so
I
knew
I
could
live
off
this
and
then
when
my
savings
built
up
after
a
year
after
that
working
it
kind
of
snowballed
into
me
being
able
to
calm
down
a
bit
because
I
used
to
have
headaches
and
anxiety
for
like
two
years
and
it
wouldn't
stop
and
I
wouldn't
stop
thinking
about
how
am
I
gonna
make
it
how
am
I
gonna
do
this
only
two
and
a
half
years
ago
I
like
broke
down
one
summer
I
was
crying
my
fiance
had
a
walk
and
I
just
didn't
think
I'd
be
able
to
do
it
I
really
thought
that
like
I
was
peaked
at
three
thousand
a
month
with
my
mobile
app
and
like
I
didn't
know
what
to
do
and
then
two
months
later
things
completely
turned
around
I
kept
working
on
it
and
it
hit
like
its
peak
month
of
15
000
a
month
ever
since
then
it's
kind
of
snowballed
in
the
direction
where
things
are
going
up
rather
than
sideways
or
down
and
I
that's
when
I
slowed
down
and
work
a
bit
when
things
started
really
working
so
basically
every
idea
that
I
make
is
for
myself
firstly
kind
of
selfishly
but
I
made
my
first
app
because
I
wanted
to
see
it
in
the
world
turned
out
a
hundred
other
thousand
people
also
wanted
it
so
that
was
curiosity
quench
I
made
that
and
then
I
needed
a
way
to
kind
of
keep
the
growth
going
so
I
made
another
app
for
myself
to
grow
the
mobile
app
which
actually
turned
to
be
like
10
times
a
hundred
times
bigger
as
a
social
scheduling
tool
post
bridge
then
that
grew
like
so
fast
that
I
kind
of
ditched
the
mobile
app
and
one
thing
led
to
the
next
I
was
trying
to
grow
the
tool
again
so
I
wanted
to
be
my
own
case
study
and
I
made
another
mobile
app
and
that
was
from
my
own
need
so
everything
kind
of
stems
from
my
own
need
each
product
that
I
made
everything
is
a
new
edition
of
something
that
I
want
to
see
in
the
world
and
something
that
would
would
use
myself
what
I
found
for
people
getting
wrong
and
getting
right
is
they're
trying
to
do
what
someone
else
is
doing
maybe
they're
making
a
similar
product
in
a
similar
niche
because
this
person
hit
it
big
this
person
got
a
bunch
of
money
but
it's
not
really
related
to
their
curiosity
what
they're
interested
in
so
even
if
it
is
a
great
idea
with
a
lot
of
money
in
it
they're
not
going
to
have
fun
and
that
is
going
to
translate
into
everything
they
do
so
I
think
having
fun
and
putting
yourself
into
what
you're
choosing
to
work
on
is
going
to
be
like
the
deciding
factor
if
you
keep
working
on
it
and
then
that's
going
to
be
the
deciding
factor
if
you
actually
get
users
if
you
actually
get
revenue
so
I
think
it's
really
important
that
people
are
putting
themselves
in
mind
and
not
just
what
is
working
best
for
someone
else
a
good
idea
usually
I
don't
have
to
like
decide
myself
because
if
I
put
a
landing
page
if
I
put
a
tick
tock
if
I
put
some
type
of
thing
out
there
people
are
going
to
tell
me
either
in
the
comment
section
or
by
landing
on
my
landing
page
and
then
not
clicking
buy
if
they
don't
click
buy
and
a
thousand
people
come
clearly
the
idea
is
probably
not
that
good
or
at
least
the
way
it's
framed
so
your
idea
could
be
like
top
notch
but
the
way
you're
showcasing
the
idea
if
it's
no
good
then
you're
probably
not
going
to
get
sales
I
tend
not
to
ask
myself
like
is
this
a
good
idea
I
tend
to
ask
myself
more
how
can
I
frame
this
where
it's
valuable
is
it
actually
valuable
like
would
I
use
this
could
I
see
someone
using
this
would
this
help
someone
save
time
save
money
or
some
other
basic
desire
and
if
it
doesn't
then
the
idea
is
probably
bad
basically
around
dinner
time
I'll
kind
of
stop
working
I'll
put
my
computer
into
sleep
most
of
the
time
unless
it's
one
of
those
weeks
where
I'm
working
like
a
lot
but
most
of
the
time
I'm
gonna
close
the
computer
at
around
like
5
p
m
and
start
making
dinner
prepping
dinner
I
just
go
to
the
store
get
a
tree
go
on
a
walk
go
on
a
bike
play
sports
watch
Netflix
and
that's
like
from
5
p
m
to
9
pretty
much
every
day
even
though
I
say
I
don't
work
after
5
most
of
the
time
I'll
admit
admit
that
like
that
was
not
always
the
case
for
the
first
two
years
of
my
relationship
with
my
now
fiance
I
had
to
kind
of
figure
that
out
that
I
had
to
set
a
stop
time
which
now
is
dinner
time
because
before
that
I
would
like
be
on
my
computer
trying
to
prep
dinner
we'd
be
watching
a
show
be
on
my
computer
so
it
wasn't
really
like
quality
time
and
that
seeped
into
the
quality
of
our
relationship
which
is
pretty
personal
but
I
think
that
applies
to
a
lot
of
people
so
that
was
something
that
took
me
like
two
years
to
really
get
a
deadline
for
and
even
now
I
still
do
struggle
with
it
at
times
I
don't
really
have
a
set
bedtime
but
most
of
the
times
it's
around
11
p
m
I'll
go
to
bed
and
wake
up
around
seven
I
think
sleep
is
like
one
of
the
most
I
know
it's
number
one
but
I
don't
really
treat
it
that
way
I
know
I
should
it's
hard
obviously
to
tell
yourself
to
go
to
bed
early
when
you
want
to
stay
up
but
to
me
sleep
is
definitely
important
I'm
always
going
to
get
eight
hours
of
sleep
especially
if
I
know
I'm
going
to
be
working
a
lot
the
next
day
so
I
definitely
think
that
no
matter
how
many
hours
you're
working
that
like
getting
seven
eight
hours
of
sleep
is
probably
one
of
the
most
important
things
to
like
keep
your
brain
going
The
advice
I
would
give
to
anyone
who
kind
of
even
wants
to
be
on
a
similar
path
to
me
is
to
find
your
own
path
to
stay
curious
in
life
and
optimistic
about
the
future
because
I
tried
you
know
tried
crazy
things
they
didn't
work
for
me
so
I
started
collecting
images
on
my
computer
they
were
just
like
inspirational
to
me
in
the
note
of
like
hey
like
you
got
to
keep
going
you're
gonna
gonna
make
it
anywhere
like
then
every
time
I
found
an
image
that
I
thought
would
like
be
worth
worth
looking
at
again
to
give
me
some
hope
and
I
think
that's
what
I'm
trying
to
do
right
now
and
I
think
that's
what
I'm
trying
to
do
right
now
I'll
put
it
in
that
folder
so
I
kind
of
slowly
found
my
own
path
I'm
still
trying
to
find
out
new
things
every
day
there's
so
many
ways
that
you
could
make
it
in
the
way
you
probably
want
to
whatever
that's
monetarily
or
in
other
parts
of
your
life
and
the
best
one
path
for
you
is
really
completely
unknown
you
won't
know
like
what
works
for
you
best
until
you
test
around
and
experiment
I
know
that
it's
not
easy
to
wake
up
some
days
and
get
out
of
bed
and
like
do
the
things
you
probably
don't
want
to
do
and
I
think
that's
fine
but
I
think
the
main
thing
is
like
there's
always
going
to
be
something
worth
looking
forward
to
if
you
look
for
it
but
yeah
keep
trying
new
things
you're
staying
curious
about
things
and
you
want
to
keep
learning
then
you're
gonna
you're
gonna
be
okay
and
things
will
work
out
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