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Monthly review log

Each month’s reflective review of what shipped, what moved, what I learned, and what’s next.

Monthly review

December in Review

View from temple in Cao Bang

Vietnam homecoming + Bangkok base locked. DiveJourney: distribution push. PhaseDrift: from dogfooding to public app. 2026: Lock In.

Up next

  • Growth:DiveJourney - distribution and shop outreach (finally)
  • Product:DiveJourney - destination partner program rollout
  • Product:PhaseDrift - take it from dogfooding to a real public app

Learnings

  • Constant movement is fun, but destroys deep work if you do it nonstop.
  • Building is not the bottleneck anymore - distribution/visibility is.

Books

  • Vietnam: A New History · Christopher Goschareading
  • A Brief History of Thailand · Richard A. Ruthreading
Monthly review

November in Review

View overlooking Poem mountain and the bay in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Packed month of travel but managed to get a solid amount shipped across products.

Up next

  • Product:DiveJourney - Community Layer
  • Product:PhaseDrift - Experimentation dogfooding DiveJourney
  • Product:DiveJourney shop partnerships

Learnings

  • To make this work I need a way bigger reach
  • Sharing my story and having a system for content will keep me accountable

Books

  • Musashi · Eiji Yoshikawafinished
  • Vietnam: A New History · Christopher Goschareading
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