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The Ultimate Guide to Recovering from a Disaster Day: Everything You Need to Not Lose Your Mind
Life is basically just a series of events where we try to keep our shopping carts from catching fire. Whether your "disaster" is a literal flood or just the week from hell where your car died, your kid got suspended, and you accidentally sent a vent-session text to the person you were venting about, the process is the same.

Ordinary Jackass
May 186 min read


Do You Really Need a Side Hustle? Here’s the Brutal Truth About the 24/7 Grind
The short answer is: Probably not. Unless you’re currently deciding which utility bill to ignore so you can afford groceries, you don't need a side hustle. You need a life.
We live in a world where "hustle culture" has convinced us that if we aren’t monetizing our hobbies or working 80 hours a week, we’re failing at adulthood. It’s a lie sold to us by people with suspiciously white teeth and "passive income" courses to sell. The truth is that most side hustles are just a se

Ordinary Jackass
May 186 min read


Side Hustles for People Who are Already Exhausted
Let’s be honest: the last thing you want to do after working eight hours for a boss you barely tolerate is go work another four hours for a different boss you’ll never meet.
Hustle culture is a scam. It’s designed by people who drink green juice and actually enjoy 5:00 a.m. workouts. For the rest of us, the ones currently staring at our bank accounts with a mix of fear and confusion, the idea of "starting a business" or "grinding 24/7" sounds like a death sentence.

Ordinary Jackass
May 105 min read


Do You Really Need to Learn AI?
If you’ve spent more than five minutes on the internet lately, you’ve probably seen the headlines. "AI is coming for your job!" "Learn to prompt or die!" "10 AI tools that will make you a millionaire while you sleep!"

Ordinary Jackass
May 106 min read


Why Does My Back Hurt? (And Other Questions for People Over 30)
If you are over the age of 30, you have likely realized that your body is no longer your friend. It is more like a disgruntled tenant who is constantly filing noise complaints and threatening to move out if you don’t buy a specific type of expensive pillow.

Ordinary Jackass
May 106 min read


The Subscription Vampire: How to Stop the $9.99 Bleed
You’re scrolling through your bank app at 11:00 PM, eyes half-shut, just trying to make sure you didn’t accidentally buy a boat in your sleep. Then you see it. $9.99. You don’t recognize the name. It sounds like a tech startup that sells artisanal air or a fitness app that you used exactly once three years ago. You do the math. That’s $120 a year. You keep scrolling. There’s another one. And another. Welcome to the subscription vampire. It doesn't kill you all at once; it jus

Ordinary Jackass
May 104 min read


How to Survive Parenting Burnout When You’re Barely Holding It Together
If you are currently reading this from the floor of a walk-in pantry while eating a handful of chocolate chips you hid behind the quinoa, you are in the right place. Parenting burnout isn’t just being “tired.” It’s a full-system failure where your brain feels like a browser with 47 tabs open, three are frozen, and one is playing a loud, annoying song you can’t find the source of.

Ordinary Jackass
May 106 min read
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