Martin Hähnel

didyoudid.lol - Some thoughts about its future

This is just a short note to let anyone interested in my little accountability project know where things are headed.

First things first: didyoudoit isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

The plan is to keep it running for at least a full year. The first thread was posted on 2025-03-17, so I’ll continue until the week of 17 March 2026 - with the usual planning thread on Monday the 16th and the review thread on Friday the 20th. I’m not making any promises beyond that. It was always an experiment, and maybe by then it will have run its course.

I’ve had to acknowledge my limited capacity for side projects.

I can keep posting threads, share my own plans and reviews, drop a few links elsewhere, and occasionally remind people in the forum - if they want that. But I’m not a content-producing machine. I had initially thought about adding a “resources” section with experiment ideas, but even writing a couple of paragraphs per thread quickly became too much.

I’d really like a logo for didyoudoit.

I know it’s a bit silly to commission one for such a small side project - but I’d still love to have it. That’s one of the only real goals for didyoudoit, aside from keeping the threads going: get a nice logo made.

Beyond that, nothing else is planned.

I’m happy to keep this going for the full year and will reevaluate after that. I’m extremely grateful to everyone who has tried this low-barrier accountability forum with me. It’s a weird little idea, and it takes real effort to plan and review your week - let alone post about it and maybe even write an update midweek. So if you’ve ever participated, in any way: thank you!

P.S. In the beginning, I had grand visions of didyoudoit growing into a general personal productivity forum, with people posting links, questions, ideas, and more. And honestly? It still could - or it could turn into something else entirely. If you’d like to help bring it to life: it’s simple. Just post your thing.