The print on demand reality hit harder than expected last week.This week, it doubled down. I got sick on Thursday evening — more or less right after hitting publish on last week’s post — and I’ve been sick for most of the week since. I’m still not fully back, which naturally slowed everything down. This […]
This post is for anyone who doesn’t feel digital and doesn’t know where to start. It’s for those of you who don’t want to be influencers, don’t want to sell your soul on social media, and don’t want to learn everything — but still want a way out of the hamster wheel. What’s been holding
One thing became very clear during my print on demand experiment this week: a week disappears fast when you actually have a life. Work, everyday stuff, and helping a friend move over the weekend. Nothing dramatic. Just reality doing what reality always does — stepping in between plans. And that’s kind of the point. Because
The risk of having only one income is real. Yet for most of us, one stable job still feels like safety. We organize our entire lives around it. Housing, family plans, long-term dreams. It feels solid because it is familiar and predictable. Even socially approved. But from a risk perspective, this sense of safety is
This is the first ExitLab project — and it starts now. Hamster Wheel Exit is new, and instead of overthinking it, I’m starting by doing something I’ve wanted to test for years: Print on Demand. Mostly t-shirts. On platforms that offer as much passive income as possible. I’ve always enjoyed designing simple, slightly odd, sometimes
Insight alone won’t build your mental endurance. Your brain changes through repetition. That’s something I’ve learned more than once in my life — not from books or theories, but from necessity. The first time was when I was a teenager. I was deeply shy, anxious in social situations, uncomfortable looking people in the eye. I
on Passivity, Stress and the danger of almost okay Feeling stuck in life means nothing is on fire. You’re paying the bills, and the money is there for the essentials, but there’s a constant tension underneath. Getting through this month means watching expenses, sometimes cutting back, sometimes selling things just to stay afloat. Life works-ish.
