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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Y’all pack way too much. You probably shouldn’t start packing days ahead of time unless you’re actually headed into the bush, have a host of particular medical needs, or the like. What you bring and don’t use is just more CO2 for the rest of us to enjoy.

    You likely need only a backpack with some basic essentials and a few days’ worth of clothes. You should be able to pack sufficiently in less than an hour.

    But what if…?

    No. They have it there. You’ll be fine.

    Edit: Travel light and adapt instead of carrying your Big Lots life on your back. Do you enjoy wheeling around those giant suitcases just to vacation in a metropolitan area? Do they not have your favorite snacks, hardback novels, ankle weights for your novel training protocol, climate-appropriate clothes, or proper toiletries? Or is it just important to look like a tourist everywhere you go?






  • No joke, once you start structuring your life as a business, especially as formal corporations, the amount of financial, legal, and professional advantages, opportunities, and protection that appear are incredible. For example, did you know that …

    1. … as an S corp, you can “pass through” the profit and loss of your business, such that your personal gross income excludes business expenses?
    2. … the employer match on a 401k account is considered a business expense?
    3. … the actual annual cap on employer contributions to various retirement vehicles are in fact much, much higher than employers are typically willing to offer you as a benefit?
    4. … the terms of commercial factoring, mortgages and loans are often far more agreeable than consumer equivalents?
    5. … many of the places where you shop offer discounts to business accounts (and not just for volume, simply because you’re a business)?
    6. … it’s considered normal/SOP to request edits to many types of agreements individuals are expected to simply accept without question, including leases offered by landlords?

    This is just a sample. Most endeavors and many functional aspects of personal life are by design simpler, safer, more scalable, and more profitable if planned and executed as a business rather than an individual in the late great United States of America.