One shared scale: the full bar = the whole-year goal, $81,000. The little ticks are month boundaries; the dark line is today.
Three months in, all three bars sit together at the today line — the plan is holding.
The same three added up month by month; the slope shows whether the climb is steepening.
Only three months are filled in — the goal line runs ahead to show the whole year's climb.
Recurring income only — which life the studio covers without selling a single workshop.
The rust fill only ever climbs, member by member; the green tick (a full month with workshops) rides one-off sales and can fall.
Memberships and workshops in, fees and materials out, net $5,195.
Memberships are the tall steady bar; workshops top it up; fees and materials are the only things going out.
Two months the same direction in a row is what raises a suggestion.
Three months in, the plan is holding: cumulative actual is $13,520 against a $13,500 goal. Memberships are the steady floor at $3,520 a month and climbing — past the "covers a helper" line — while workshops carry the rest and can swing month to month.
Actual keeps beating the estimate by a little because workshop materials are running about $20 each, not the $30 we assumed — worth updating.