Free challenges
Pick a finish line.
Short programs with a fixed end. One step at a time, each with a checklist that tells you when to move on, until something real exists.
- A fixed end date
- A checklist per step
- Progress kept on your device
Choose one
Each challenge is a short plan with a time for every step. Read the plan first; start when the end date suits you.
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Build one useful tool in 48 hours
From one annoying task to a small tool on a public address that strangers can use without you. Seven steps, hour by hour.
Finish line: A tool on a public address that does one job from start to finish See the plan -
Launch a personal website in 5 days
About two hours a day for five days, from one clear sentence to a site on your own domain that you can still edit next month.
Finish line: A stranger understands what you do without asking you See the plan -
Clarify your personal brand in 14 days
Two weeks to turn vague positioning into something people repeat about you, with proof they can see. Message, proof, then distribution.
Finish line: One sentence about you that other people can repeat See the plan -
Write a book-sized first draft in 30 days
A finite month to get a long manuscript out of your head and onto the page, all the way to "The End". Not publishable yet; finished.
Finish line: A complete first draft, from the first page to the last See the plan
How a challenge works
Start with your email
Every step opens at once. A link to pick up on your other devices goes to that address.
One step at a time
A short read and a checklist. Tick everything and move on; a box that will not tick is the part to fix.
Cross the finish line
Something real exists at the end: a tool, a site, proof of your work, a draft. Public, or at least finished.
Questions
Are they really free?
Yes. Leave your email address and every step opens. That address gets a link to open the challenge on your other devices, and nothing else unless you tick the box.
Why an email address?
So you can pick up where you left off on another device: the link goes to that address. Your progress itself stays in your browser.
What if I fall behind?
The time is a budget, not a clock. Keep the order of the steps and keep the end date fixed; a weekend can become four evenings.
Can I do more than one?
One at a time works best. The 48-hour tool is a good first one: it is the shortest, and finishing it makes the next one easier.
The ones I take on myself. Longer, personal, and only marked done when I can point to them.
My challenge ledgerFree · start this weekend
Build one useful tool in 48 hours.
A tool on a public address that does one job from start to finish