BYE helps you build your plan and keep your goal in view as you move forward.
Build towards more choice, with practical steps around the time you actually have. Keep what works for you now while you work out what could come next.
Your plan, and a new week every week.Written for your hours and your money. Not one plan handed to everyone.
Every BYE tool, for as long as you are a member.Including new tools as they open. Your Starter Plan: included with yearly, added with your first monthly payment.
The Exit Check is free. Paid tools open once you’ve paid.
In the real thing, your Starter Plan shapes your business plan, and that plan, your evenings and your budget shape each week. Here, one tap opens an invented example.
Walk dogs, drive a van, sell online? Your plan is not picked from these six. They are just where the page starts.
Showing a handyman's week.
What your plan decided
You saidGood with your handsSix hours a weekTwo hundred euro to start
Start with a paid job for somebody who already asks you to fix things.
Charge for it. A half day, at a number you write down before you look at anyone else's.
Not yet: A website. Business cards. Registering a company.
And the bit nobody tells you
Your own insurance almost certainly does not cover you working in somebody else's house. That is a phone call on Tuesday, not a discovery on Sunday.
By Sunday you know whether people will pay you for a day of your time. That is the first real fact you have ever had about leaving.
One paid repair, for somebody who already asks you to fix things.
A handyman, a hairdresser, a gardener, a baker. Anybody who mends what other people throw away, or makes what other people buy. Your Starter Plan works out which. This week is a handyman's.
Why this first: Nothing else in the plan is worth doing until somebody has paid you once.
5 hours, drawn: two evenings and a Sunday. The other four days stay yours.
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Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Then how the week went, and what you are left holding.
The shape of the week is the same for everyone. What fills it is yours.
Tuesday evening 1 of 5
How much time have you got tonight?
Same job whichever you pick. More time just gets you further into it.
5 minWrite down your number for a half day, before you look at anyone else's.
15 minMessage two people who have asked you to fix something before. Ask each the same two things: would you pay me to do this, and what would you expect to pay?
25 minFind what three local handymen charge for a call-out and a small job. Screenshot each.
Before you start: Before you work in somebody else's house, find out what your insurance covers. That is a Tuesday job, not a Sunday surprise.
You finish with
Three local prices you did not know this morning, two people asked, and your own number on paper.
Thursday evening, 1 hr 15 2 of 5
Book it.
Pick whoever answered. Agree what you are fixing and when you are coming, then list what you need to bring. A second trip eats the job.
Agree the price: the number you wrote on Tuesday, said before any work starts. Never leave it unsaid.
And if nobody answers: the week still moves. Your plan keeps the job, and next week starts by asking two more people.
Sunday, 3 hours 3 of 5
Make the thing.
At the price you agreed on Thursday.
Do the job. Ask first, then photograph it before you start, halfway, and when it is done, with nothing in shot that says whose house it is.
Last half hour: Pick the best before and after pair, write two sentences on what was wrong and what you did, and send it to everyone who answered.
Sunday evening 4 of 5
How did the week go?
The member answered: partly.
DonePartly ✓No time
Fixed the door. The shelf needs a part I did not have. Sent the pictures anyway, and he has asked me back.
So next week
Finish the shelf, at the same number. Then ask two more.
No scolding. No streak to break. The plan moves, and that is all.
After one week 5 of 5
You have something to show.
One thing mended for a named person, at a price he agreed.
A before and after he has seen.
What the materials cost, so you know what you earned rather than what you took.
This is a handyman's week. Yours will be yours.
That is one week. Membership is every week after it: your Starter Plan, then your business plan, then weeks like this one, each fitted to the time and money you have.
No. Your plan starts from your skills and experience, and helps you find an idea that fits.
Do I have to quit my job?
No. Everything is built around the life you have now and the hours you actually have.
How much time does it take?
You tell us your spare hours. Your plan fits them, whether that is 3 hours a week or 10.
What if I already have an idea?
Bring the idea you have. The guidance helps you turn it into practical next steps, gather evidence and adjust your plan as you learn.
Can I use anything for free?
Yes. The free tools show the answer before asking for an account, and the printable sheets are free. They are coming at launch; this page contains illustrative demos.
Does joining the list hold a founding membership?
No. Joining the list is free and holds no place. A founding price is taken when a founding membership is paid for.
When does it open?
The opening announcement will go to the list, along with occasional updates on what is being built.
How will you use my email?
The mailing list keeps your email, sign-up date and notice version for the launch announcement and occasional updates. Unsubscribe any time and it is deleted. The privacy policy beside the email field gives the full notice.
Starting from where you are. Building what comes next.
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