Generated by All in One SEO Pro v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Woody Hayday The Experimentalist Engineer Entrepreneur | Making for profit and autonomy ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://woodyhayday.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Entrepreneurs Guide to AI Automation](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/entrepreneurs-guide-to-ai-automation/) - A lot of those on my AI newsletter asked me for a 'starters guide to AI Automation' for entrepreneurs. This is that guide. - [AI Automating: The Worksheet](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/ai-automating-the-worksheet/) - We're really going to have to amp up our AI / Automation skills as entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs interested in automating with AI (you really should be in 2025). - [Entrepreneurs Ikigai](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/entrepreneurs-ikigai/) - What is your Ikigai? This is a question I have asked myself many times over the past few years. Selling your company has many pro's and con's, but what it can do is give you space to redefine yourself and your work. In todays world it can feel like we're not all able to profit - [2024 Year in Review](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/2024-year-in-review/) - 2024 was the year I realised the downside to selling your company, working 3 years in-purchaser, and then taking a year out to heal. You can get totally out of the groove. I launched stuff, I pivoted, I embraced new tech; but I also saw where the landscape of software entrepreneurship has changed, and made - [2025 Plan & Experiments](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/2025-plan-experiments/) - Following on from my 2024 review, and the year of experiments, here's my plan for 2025. By sharing it I'm keeping myself accountable and manifesting this into being. Target Authentic software producing revenue. Autonomy, health and wealth. £13,000 MRR in 24h (bougie I know, but migraines suck) per week via Ikigai by December, through: Daily - [Small Bet Experiments](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/small-bet-experiments/) - 2024 Biz lab For those who haven't read my 2024 experiments post, this year I'm back behind the macbook and writing code / exploring new business opportunities. I took a break last year after selling my company, and now it's time to add value again. The PlanSmall Bet StackThe CriteriaTarget outcome:Exploring:Avoiding:Planning for success:2024 Goal: The - [A Year of Experiments](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/a-year-of-experiments/) - Now that I'm back from my sabbatical, after burning out for the second time, I'm going to approach this whole 'work' thing radically differently than I have before. This year I'm going to embrace my experimentalist side. In this post I'll keep a running log of my experiments (list below), which I hope will help - [Back from sabbatical](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/back-from-sabbatical/) - As of today I'm back from my sabbatical. It's been almost 7 years since I've written here, and I've really missed it. I think having 2 quite major burnout events and other life challenges made me quite internalised; and naturally that put my writing firmly into my daily journal, and out of the WordPress editor. - [Burnout: My story of chronic fatigue, neurodiversity, tech, and my shadow side](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/burnout/) - ... or how I came back from the brink. Dark times born from youthful best intentions, blind spots, and misuse. I'm on my way out of this chronic state, but it has been a massive growth journey. Join me as I collect my spiralling journal threads and piece together a way forward, sharing with you - [MVP: AI Relationship Bot](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/mvp-ai-relationship-bot/) - Next week I'll be fully launching my latest project: CoupleFlow, (project page here). CoupleFlow is a Telegram Bot which (privately and securely) sits in the Telegram chat between you and your partner. It anonymously observes your DMs and collects together AI based insights on how you're communicating, giving you subtle prompts to help you grow - [Market Research for Entrepreneurs](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/market-research-for-entrepreneurs/) - What every entrepreneur should start with: Niche Report crunches thousands of signals and spits out a smart niche report. (Market research for entrepreneurs.) - [Uncomfortable Entrepreneur: What to build](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/uncomfortable-entrepreneurship-what-to-build/) - This space between ‘vehicles’ of work—between gigs, ideas, or businesses—is profoundly uncomfortable. What to make? - [Project Pages 2.0](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/project-pages-2-0/) - I'm excited to announce Project Pages 2.0 is now available on ProjectPages.io. This is much more than a portfolio maker, this is for all indie makers! Let's go. - [Burnout Nutrition](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/burnout-nutrition/) - I tried 30 different fatigue supplements while healing my CFS/ME (I've had two bad burnouts in the past 10 years, both lasted me years, both scattered my life all about the place). Here's which ones worked for me - [The Warm-up](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/the-warm-up/) - Fuck perfectionism. Fuck expectations. Fuck caring what people think. My needs matter. I trust myself that I'll make epic shit. I commit to getting started, compassionately. I commit to making things which help others, without hurting me. LFG. - [Small Bet Models](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/small-bet-models/) - 12 Different approaches to small bets - [I will plant a tree for every pre-order of my new novel](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/i-will-plant-a-tree-for-every-pre-order-of-my-new-novel/) - My first novel, Canopy Harvest, launches on 30th March, and for every copy I sell before then I will plant a tree. You can read more of on why I've chosen to do this here, and pre-order your own copy here, but this short post explains the reasoning and the method. Not a marketing gimmick - [Why I'm going to plant a tree for every pre-order of Canopy Harvest](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/why-im-going-to-plant-a-tree-for-every-pre-order-of-canopy-harvest/) - Note: Since writing this original post I've collected all my thoughts on Burnout, Chronic Fatigue etc. into a single post, please read it! I'll plant a tree when you buy my book, because trees are the great stabiliser of our environment. They make our air breathable, improve our soils, and many feed us. I've burned - [WA AFK ~ Rest & Recover](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/wa-afk-rest-recover/) - Note: Since writing this original post I've collected all my thoughts on Burnout, Chronic Fatigue etc. into a single post, please read it! To rest, to recover. Last summer my overworking lead to burn-out, which spawned panic attacks - the strongest signal yet. Since then I've been hammering back "work" to a state where I - [Introducing Plant a Book](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/introducing-plant-a-book/) - This month I'm working on the launch of my first science-fiction novel Canopy Harvest, and to celebrate the release, I'm going to plant a tree for every copy pre-ordered. As this is my first book I'm not expecting flurries of pre-orders, but no matter what it takes I'm planning on planting a fruit, nut, or - [Introducing Alchemist Books](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/introducing-alchemist-books/) - Life wouldn't be complex and stressful enough if I didn't also start my own publisher this month! On March 30th 2017 I launch my first science-fiction novel, Canopy Harvest, and to launch in true in-house style, I've created Alchemist Books. There are many options available to the modern author, from harassing old publishing houses to ## Pages - [FreePhase Intro](https://woodyhayday.com/freephase-intro/) - 1. Installing the App Please install TestFlight on your phone before accepting the email invite (read more): Load AppStore and install "testflight" Check your email: You'll receive an email with a link to accept the TestFlight invitation. (You might first get an email to accept adding yourself to the app team, which accepting will then send you - [Ikigai+ Quiz](https://woodyhayday.com/what-is-my-ikigai/) - What is my Ikigai? How to find your Ikigai? These are questions more and more of us ask each day. This is a free Ikigai worksheet, ikigai test, and ikigai test! - [](https://woodyhayday.com/join-the-club/) - Follow my 100% AI Business in 2025 challenge. This year I will build an AI biz which turns a profit. Join my AI Entrepreneurship email now, don't miss out! - [Entrepreneurship, Making things; Creative life](https://woodyhayday.com/blog/) - [Business Projects](https://woodyhayday.com/entrepreneurship/) - Below you can see a timeline of some of my entrepreneurial projects, which have mostly been focused on founding software start-ups and consultancy. As part of consulting I also do joint venture work which is not listed here. If you'd like to connect, please tweet me at @woodyhayday, or connect on LinkedIn. Query Output will - [Thanks for sharing](https://woodyhayday.com/thanks-for-sharing/) - You've clicked a category you'd like to hear more about, thanks for that. I really appreciate you being here, if there's anything I can help you with (software, entrepreneurialism, maker stuff, permaculture or whatever!) just drop me an email. If you've not already found me on Twitter/X you can also connect with me there: @woodyhayday - [Welcome, friend](https://woodyhayday.com/welcome/) - Welcome to my newsletter, it's great to have you here! While you're at it, care to follow me wherever you hang out most? @woodyhayday on X/Twitter @woodyhayday on LinkedIn I'll be in touch via email. Stay awesome! - [Notes on my Food Forest talk](https://woodyhayday.com/foodforest/) - 1) A great video intro: Link to video 2) Useful links: My favourite place to buy plants (also a great place for courses on Agroforestry): https://www.agroforestry.co.uk/ The best book to get started: Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops (buy the hardcover!): UK and USA (No affiliate links here) 3) Get - [Welcome, Human!](https://woodyhayday.com/welcome-human/) - Thanks for confirming, Human! Thank you for taking the time to confirm your email. It's great to know you're on the other end of a wire and happy to connect with me. I'd love to hear a little about you, or to read about how you found me (or my book), so please do reply - [Thanks for Joining](https://woodyhayday.com/thanks-for-joining/) - Thanks for Joining... one last step: Thank you for signing up for updates I'll be in touch shortly with a confirmation email, please do check your inbox and click the link in the email so that the system knows you're human Also... Buy Canopy Harvest - Follow me on Facebook - Follow @woodyhayday on Twitter - [Farewell](https://woodyhayday.com/farewell/) - Farewell Sorry to see you go, but thanks for letting me know not to email you again. 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