The notebook
Articles worth bookmarking.
Practical writing for one-person businesses — the methods behind the tools in this shop. Written when there's something worth saying.
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The 13-week cash flow habit that keeps a solo business honest
Why thirteen weeks is the right horizon, the three-block forecaster structure (inflows, outflows, running balance), and the fifteen-minute Friday ritual that makes it survive contact with real life.
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Scope creep starts as a favor. Here's the exact moment to send a change order.
The four patterns behind "while you're in there," the internal wince that means it's time, and word-for-word change-order language that says yes first and prices only the delta.
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The five automations actually worth writing for a one-person business
Invoicing, reporting, email triage, price watching, and backups — what each one should do, and an honest build-vs-buy call for each.