day 244: 4.24 out of 99

I got curious and looked it up — my Apple developer account renewal is July 29th. Which means I first registered around the same time last year. I didn't actually launch Requote until early November, so even after deciding I was ready, it took another three months. But that aside — the thought I had when I saw that date: I want to at least earn back the developer account fee from my apps by then. It's $99 in the US. In Korea it's ₩129,000. It's late March now — exactly four months to go. After fees, I've made $4.24 so far. 4.24 out of 99. Just need to fill $99 in four months. Not looking promising, to put it gently.

So I set a target for apps — might as well set one for YouTube too. Subscribers and watch time are the first things that come to mind. I started the channel on December 5th last year, so a one-year mark feels like a natural deadline. What should I aim for by December 5th, 2026? Subscribers are completely unpredictable, so I feel like I can't set any meaningful goal there. Watch time just passed 100 hours, and there are about 8 months left. If 100 hours took 4 months, simple math says I could add another 200. That would put me at 300. YouTube monetization requires 4,000 hours. So... if I hope for some nonlinear growth — in the good way — maybe I could aim for 400 hours? That would at least get me to 10% of the threshold. Like the app goal, it's the kind of target that feels like it could happen but probably won't.

On to reading. First, a deadline. The first quarter of the year is just about to end, so the end of the first half feels right. June 30th. How many books should I aim for by then? Requote has gotten me to read more than I used to, but not as much as I'd like. Right now my Requote library shows 27 finished and 20 reading. If I get finished to 50 in the next three months, that's over 7 books a month. Not impossible, not easy either. Locking it in.

And lastly, the one that might matter most. Before I move, I want to log every book I own into sumof. Organizing books was one of the main reasons I built the app, but I've only been using it for my fridge. Books are a bigger job, so I kept putting it off — always telling myself I'd get to it. My wrist pain hasn't helped either. But the move is coming up fast, and there's nowhere left to retreat.