u/ComfortableLazy1008

I work with a guy who lives on a small piece of land, and has a homestead. He has a smartphone for work, but no other gadgets that I’ve seen. He doesn’t have a single digital subscription. He’s happy as fuck, too.

I’m a pretty chaotic person. I have no daily routine. I work on call, so my schedule is totally random week-to-week, working all hours of the day, sometimes two jobs in a day. I love my job, best job I’ve had as a labor worker, but I’m not making ends meet. I can work 25 days in a month, and there’s almost nothing left at the end of the month.

If there are any first steps I should take to becoming a practicing minimalist, to be able to focus on the specific things that I love and strip the rest away, I would appreciate any advice. I don’t know what to start cutting out first.

I would try it with the lower back version they make for mtb, but I don’t want to look like a fuckin nerd

There’s such a demand for short form content and getting streams for an independent artists these days. Viral fame can lead to paying the bills, and I can’t help but think this bears weight in an artist’s creative or risky choices.

I’m a Nashville local, and I’ve recently started trying to get into freelance work. I’ve been networking, and working with multiple companies. I’ve been recording, I built a studio and rehearsal space for local bands, and I’ve worked at a local festival a couple of times as well. I’m a year in on working as a stagehand now, trying to focus on audio.

If there are any resources for a guy like me, or suggestions for what my next steps are to becoming a freelance worker in audio, leave some info in the comments! Thanks yall!

I’m trying really hard to move on, I really want to. I am in such a terrible position right now that it’s difficult to see a future where someone else will love me. I’m a 40 year old man with a one bedroom apartment, and no savings. I work 2 jobs (on call) now just to make ends meet, and I’m about to start doing ride share work because I still can’t make enough to actually save. I’m not in my twenties anymore, and people our age just won’t consider a man without money.

I’ve been on the blue collar grind since I was 15, my family and I put my ex through law school. We grew our family, and last year our marriage ended. We had just used my inheritance from my father to put a down payment on a nice house.

It’s mostly my fault, I’ve accepted that. I’m recovering from mental illness after a long battle, a battle that didn’t end until after I lost my marriage. I wish I had been strong enough soon enough, but life isn’t a fairy tale.

I have to be a realist and find a way to be happy without that because, statistically, that ship has sailed. So I’m stuck between wanting to have that again, and accepting that it probably won’t happen. Accepting this, and being at peace with being single is one of my last big hurdles. I still want to find someone, which means I have to believe I can be capable of that. I feel like there is friction between accepting my existence, and being hopeful for the future.

I’m now at a point where I’m not spiraling anymore, and my baseline mood is drastically different than it was just 9 months ago. I’m not acting on impulse the way I used to, and I can feel happy and hopeful for the first time in years. I really hope that I can figure this out before it’s too late to be in love with a best friend.