Every $10 Subscription Is a $120 Liability: My Rules for a Lean One-Person Business Stack
Five rules for keeping a one-person business’s software lean, the 2026 prices of the tools worth paying for, and the one app that can pay for the rest.
Everyone Wants a Storage Facility. Here’s the Ladder I’d Climb Instead
Self-storage is recession-sturdy and low-labor, but a facility costs millions. The ladder I’d climb by budget, from a rented garage to containers and beyond.
Cold vs. Heat: I Read the Studies the Way I Read a Financial Guru’s Pitch
The dopamine and sauna longevity headlines, checked against the original studies: who was studied, what was measured, and what I’d actually do.
Quarters Are Slow Money: Coin Counters and the Real Hourly Math of Coin-Op
Four hundred quarters make $100. The hourly math of a coin-op route, when a coin counter pays for itself, and whether coin income belongs in a freedom plan.
A Cold Plunge Costs More in Minutes Than in Dollars. Here’s the Math I’d Run First
Every cold tub has two prices: what you pay once and the minutes it costs daily. Cost-per-plunge math on 2026 Plunge prices and the order I’d buy in.
Claw Machines and Depreciation: Why Used Can Be the Smarter Buy
A refurbished claw machine costs about $1,200 less than new and earns the same. How depreciation, resale value and payback make used the safer first buy.
Protecting the Cash You Already Earned: The Unglamorous Half of a Cash Business
A $40-a-week cash leak can cost a route an entire location’s worth of sales. The seven links from machine to bank, and the cheap habits that protect each.
Building Confidence: Your Actionable Guide to Self-Assured Success
As we navigate through the winding path towards financial independence, one important element that often gets overlooked is building confidence. When you’re looking for tips on building confidence, acquiring it is like possessing a secret key to any door, a superpower that propels us to take chances, face obstacles, and ultimately succeed. But for many …
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The Bitcoin Reading Order I’d Hand a Skeptic (The Book That Convinced Me Is Third)
Seven bitcoin and money books in the order I’d give a skeptic: the mainstream view first, then the case that convinced me, then history. Not advice.
Pitching a Bar Owner on an ATM Is Just Sales. Here’s the Part Nobody Practices.
The machine isn’t the scary part of an ATM route, the walk-in is. What commission sales taught me about pitching bar owners, handling no, and following up.
