I’ve always had the dream of working for myself. In 2021, that accidentally happened. After years of trying to build side projects without success, I decided to leave my job and try and make it happen anyway.

It’s been a turbulent few years since then but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love the flexibility and autonomy being a solopreneur gives me and I even have a supportive community of likeminded “indie hackers” who are all taking an alternate path in life.

What do I spend most of my time on now? Well, I’ve realised in order to pay the bills I need trade my time and skills for money. I’m a really good podcast editor so I do that for a select group of clients, and even tried to turn it into a productised service. Client work takes up most of my time.

I’m non technical, so I don’t run a SaaS, but I do have two side projects showing promising signs of growth.

The first is my podcast, Indie Bites, a 15 minute show where I speak to indie entrepreneurs about their journey to building a better life for themselves. This podcast has changed my life. I’ve met people I now consider to be good friends, that I’d would have had an opportunity to speak to without the show. I’ve always felt a little lost in the world but I’ve now finally found *my people*, indie hackers.

The second is something I’ve taken a lot of joy out of over the past few years; my leather wallet business, Whitstable Craft Co. Started in my mum’s garage back in Whitstable, I was trying to find something to do away from my screen, so I started handcrafting leather wallets. I whipped up a Shopify store and kept chipping away for years. The wallets became incredibly high quality as I learned more about the materials and the craft. Now I’m making $500-$1,000 every month making these wallets. It’s a true joy.

As with and indie entrepreneurs, I often start tiny side projects for fun on weekends. I’ve made a podcasting course, I run another podcast with my friend Dagobert, I blog occasionally and even made a viral website to stop people buying the ghastly Blue Yeti microphone.

Oh, I can’t write an about me page without mentioning my cats. I live with two little fluffy legends, Alfie and Eddie, who are a constant source of joy and happiness for me.

So that’s me, I make podcasts to pay the bills, make some others not to pay the bills and one day I wish to spend my days in an old workshop handcrafting leather wallets with my cats.