# Your monthly routine

## During the month
☐ Jot wins and misses straight into this month's draft.

## By the 1st
☐ Duplicate the blank update and name it for the month.
☐ Add MRR, net burn, and cash, and link the previous update.
☐ Work out runway and growth, or let your app do it.

## Write, top to bottom
☐ TL;DR: the headline, the number that matters, and what happens next.
☐ Numbers, highlights, and lowlights.
☐ Two specific asks, each logged in Asks & Intros.
☐ Thank everyone who helped, by name.

## Before you hit send
☐ The numbers match your records.
☐ Every ask names a specific person, role, or company type.
☐ Everyone who helped is thanked by name.
☐ The bad news is in the email, not buried.

## By the 5th
☐ Send it and set the status to Sent.
☐ Mark every ask where you thanked someone.
☐ Reach out to anyone you haven't spoken to in 60 days.
