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Finish a side project

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to finish a side project: 12 steps, about 5.6 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to finish a side project but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Write the one-sentence goal for a side project15 min
2. 2Research the landscape and the three closest alternatives30 min
3. 3Define the MVP scope, and what is explicitly out30 min
4. 4Set up the project and the tools30 min
5. 5Build the core feature30 min
6. 6Build the rest of the first version30 min
7. 7Get 5 testers by name30 min
8. 8Collect feedback from all 530 min
9. 9Fix the biggest issue they hit30 min
10. 10Fix the next two issues30 min
11. 11Write the launch note30 min
12. 12Launch publicly20 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.