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It’s been a wild January.

I just won a hackathon event in my area.

I built a tool to help make surveys not suck.

Feel free to check out unboringsurveys.com — it’s almost ready for primetime.

Here were my takeaways.

AI tools continue to accelerate — ain’t slowing down!

This software took me about 20 hours of work to build.

Zero chance I could do this myself 2 years ago.

And if I wanted to hire it out, the MVP would have cost me $10-15k+

I also just took my first traditional job in 18 years.

18 years!

I’m the head of community for a 3-person team, and we have funding for 8 months.

We’re launching a program in our state of Alabama to keep young entrepreneurs here and show them they don’t have to leave the state to be a builder.

I also sold a domain in January, but that’s a full story for another day!

I made a vid with what I think will be some of the biggest items in the AI space for 2026.

Feel free to watch it below 👇

A few weeks ago, I told you about a project I launched in a few hours because I wanted to take action.

You can read about it here » Earned $1 in Less Than 36 Hours

I’ve sent sample reports to marketing agency owners I know.

I’m waiting to hear back.

I’m getting closer to launching CreditCardTracking (a tool for credit card hackers to track their credit cards, offers, etc.)

I’m building out the AI advisor that will help answer questions about the user’s credit cards.

I also had the idea to create a “top 50” credit card list, so I’ll get that live as well before launch.

If you see a need for it or would just like to follow along, you can sign up for updates here.

Ok, so PetMurals.com is now live and has gotten its first users.

I’m putting zero time into it as it was more of a learning exercise.

But just when I do that, my friend sends me a similar site making $100k+ in monthly revenue.

Ha, maybe I won’t scrap it after all!

note: I sent them an email and ask if they wanted my domain name for $7k — we’ll see…

I’ve made more than $3,000 in 2025.

I periodically make videos for brands that reach out, and I charge them (so I get paid there as well).

But, some updates…

I have 141 147 videos.

(plus 90 videos from other creators..)

My total earnings equal $5,341.35 $6,543.21

After expenses, I’m making $107.51 $113.35 per hour.

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Want to start Amazon Influencer? Here are my best tips I’ve learned at no cost to you. Enjoy!

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If you want to learn more about Amazon Influencer, an overview of the program is here, and my first update is here.

(If you want, you can check each weekly update. I’ve come a long way from $2.81 per hour!)

Other projects I’ll update over time (or provide future updates) include…

Until next time!

Don’t just think outside the box — keep destroying that box 😉