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Whether your problem is procrastination or over-commitment, here are 8 FREE time management systems you should try in this brand new year.
Drama, chaos, confusion, and madness intrude on my life every single day.
Coworker A wants 30 minutes on my calendar to “talk about a project” when what she actually wants is to vent about Coworker B. DRAMA!
My foster dog breaks her potty-training streak by squatting down and loosing her bladder all over the kitchen floor. CHAOS!
There’s a $35 fee from our bank because I meant to transfer money into an account but accidentally transferred out of it. CONFUSION!
Our podcast is late because I spent all of Thursday morning convinced it was Wednesday morning, even though I wrote “Thursday” at the top of my to-do list: MADNESS!
This is why I must be like Alyssa. When it comes to time management, I cannot entertain these distractions.
The pursuit of productivity for productivity’s sake is a symptom of toxic capitalism, which we do not wish to propagate. You are not obliged to systemize, optimize, or monetize all your precious moments upon this planet.
But our modern lives are full of endless, annoying actions to take and tasks to manage. Procrastination and disorganization invite a lot of unnecessary stress into your life. So today we’re talking about time management techniques. If you struggle with drama, chaos, confusion, and madness, try one of these time management methods out and see if it helps you!
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I'm gonna say it, I do think that even the laziest person imaginable should have a roof over their head, food in their stomach, and access to healthcare
COMMUNISM, forsooth. That's hilarious. That's a kneeslapper, right there. No, really, that's hilarious. Because Republicans LOVE communism. They do. They love communism, they couldn't love it more.
No no, don't even. Sit down.
What Republicans really love is communist LABOR. They love everything about it: dark grim factories filled with cheap labor, no unions, no worker's compensation, no environmental laws, no safety regulations, no OSHA, no Human Resources and NO child labor laws. 18 hour days. 100 hour weeks. Just pure profit.
They absolutely LOVE communist labor, and you don't get communist labor without communist government.
Conservatives spent decades shouting OH NO! THE REDS ARE COMING! Then one morning, they suddenly realized they could triple their profits by shipping all of your jobs to communist countries. Those massive salaries CEO get nowadays? Those $100 Million bonuses? That endless shareholder value? You don't get that by making Instapots and TVs and iPhones in a CAPITALIST country where you actually have to PAY your labor a living wage without dumping toxic shit into the local water supply.
The current form of American consumer capitalism can't exist without cheap exploitable labor in foreign countries that don't give a damn about their citizens.
And so the idea that Republicans are going to stop communism is hilarious.
There ain't nobody in the world who loves communism more than a Republican, because communism makes them rich.
Considering a big purchase? Competitive bargain hunter? Just trying to save money? Here's everything you need to know about buying stuff.
MASTERPOST: Everything You Need To Know About Buying Stuff for Cheap
How to pay for stuff
Buy Now Pay Later Apps: That Old Predatory Lending by a Crappy New Name
Businesses Will Happily Give You HUGE Discounts if You Ask This Magic Question
Dafuq Is a Down Payment? And Why Do You Need One to Buy Stuff?
Ask the Bitches: Should I Get a Loan Even Though I Can Afford To Pay Cash?
Season 2, Episode 10: “Which Is Smarter: Getting a Loan? or Saving up to Pay Cash?”
How to pay less for stuff
Why Name Brand Products Are Beneath You: The Honor and Glory of Buying Generic
How To Save Money With Affordable Car Repairs
How to Save Money on Your Beloved Pets
How to Get DIRT CHEAP Pet Medication, Without a Prescription
The Pink Tax, or: How I Learned To Love Smelling Like Bearglove
Blood Money: Menstrual Products for Surviving Your Period While Poor
Understand the Hidden Costs of Travel and Avoid Them Like the Plague
7 Totally Reasonable Ways To Save Money on Cheap Entertainment
How to buy stuff ethically
Ethical Consumption: How to Pollute the Planet and Exploit Labor Slightly Less
Ask the Bitches: “How Do I Consume Ethically AND Frugally Under the Trump Tariffs?”
21 Ideas for Sustainable Swaps That Aren’t Shitty, Expensive, Greenwashed Garbage
Fast Fashion: Why It’s Fucking up the World and How To Avoid It
You Are Above Bottled Water, You Elegant Land Mermaid
Kara Perez’s Debut Book “Green Money”: How To Use Your Money To Save the Planet
Wallet Activism: Using Your Money for Good with Author Tanja Hester
How Can I Justify This Deeply Unethical Purchase?
How to buy stuff secondhand
Almost Everything Can Be Purchased Secondhand
Our 5 Best Secrets for Secondhand Shopping Like a Frugal Warrior
The Library Is a Magical Place and You Should Fucking Go There
Your Library Lets You Stream Audiobooks and eBooks FOR FREEEEEEE!
How to buy big ticket items
Bullshit Reasons Not to Buy a House: Refuted
Season 2, Episode 2: “I’m Not Ready to Buy a House—But How Do I *Get Ready* to Get Ready?”
How to Pay Hospital Bills When You’re Flat Broke
Our (Ridiculously Simple) Method for Choosing the Right Healthcare Plan For You
Buying a Car with the Bitches, Part 1: How to Choose Your Car
Buying a Car with the Bitches, Part 2: How to Pay for Your Car
The Only Advice You’ll Ever Need for a Cheap-Ass Wedding
You Deserve Cheap, Fake Jewelry… Just Like Coco Chanel
How To Pay for College Without Selling Your Soul to the Devil
Splurging on Kids: When It Works, and When It Doesn’t
How to buy gifts
The Anti-Consumerist Gift Guide: I Have No Gift to Bring, Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum
How Can I Tame My Family’s Crazy Gift-giving Expectations?
In Defense of Shameless Regifting
Traditional Wedding Gifts Can Burn in Hell Where They Belong
Other People’s Weddings Don’t Have to Make You Broke
How to buy food
To Hell and Back for Cheap Groceries: The Epic Investigation (and Shocking Results) of My Grocery Store Price Comparison Quest
How to Shop for Groceries like a Boss
Cosmic Truths of Cheap Grocery Shopping: 12 Universal Rules to Save Money on Food, No Matter What You Buy or Where You Shop
The Ultimate Showdown: Cheese Crackers, Ranked
If You Can’t Afford to Tip 20%, You Can’t Afford To Dine Out
We Ranked Chocolate Sandwich Cookies by Taste and Price So You Don’t Have To
Confessions of a Thanksgiving Lunatic: Why I Spend $500 Hosting Every Year
How to avoid buying stuff
How to Avoid Lifestyle Inflation … and When to Embrace It
The Magically Frugal Power of Patience
Don’t Spend Money on Shit You Don’t Like, Fool
Status Symbols Are Pointless and Dumb
Here’s What to Do With Those Credit Card Pre-approval Offers You Get in the Mail
Your Yearly Free Medical Care Checklist
How to COMPLETELY Insulate Yourself From Advertisements
6 Proven Tactics for Avoiding Emotional Impulse Spending
The Subscription Box Craze and the Mindlessness of Wasteful Spending
Everything I Know About Minimalism I Learned from the Zombie Apocalypse
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this is not the worst thing you have survived, so you’ll survive this too, even if it seem tougher than it actually is. if the only way out is through then maybe just getting started little by little on however way you can might make the process less daunting than waiting for the perfect time
Why hello there, loyal readers, on this, a random day of the week that is definitely not when we regularly schedule a new article! Did you m
Help! I’m Procrastinating and I Can’t Get Up!
I have a coworker who not only works full-time at two completely separate publishing houses, but moonlights as a real estate agent, sunsets as an actor, and twilights as a college professor. We refer to him as “the self-cleaning oven.”
He is remarkably productive, and as a result, he’s raking in the cash from his multiple full-time jobs and side hustles.
When I asked him how he finds the time to do it all, his answer was pretty simple: “I never procrastinate.”
Which, as far as rules to live by go, is… annoyingly simple.
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Now is a TERRIBLE time to sit on money. Keeping large cash savings during high inflation is a guaranteed loss. Here's how to mitigate it...
How To Protect Cash Savings During High Inflation
Now is a terrible time to be holding onto cash. Cash savings during times of high inflation are guaranteed to lose value. For example: if you had $1,000 saved a year ago, our 8.5% inflation rate means that money can only buy $915 worth of goods today. It sucks for everyone, but especially so for people who’ve been saving up for a long time to hit a life milestone.
We know how hard our readers work and sacrifice to put money away. And it’s so painful to watch it lose its value because of reasons outside your control. So if you’ve got money sitting idle in your checking account, listen up! We’ll do our best to help you take the sting out of shrinking cash savings during high inflation.
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Here are 10 job interview questions you should never be asked... because they make it super easy for companies to discriminate against you!
Illegal job interview questions versus legally stupid questions
I often hear people say “They’re not allowed to ask that, that question is illegal!”
But that’s not actually the case. This is America! We’ve got freeze peach! Very few job interview questions are outright illegal to ask. It’s mostly stuff that sounds like Valentine’s Day cards from psychopaths.
“Would you be my hitman?”
“Care to join me for a wire fraud?”
“Fine day to rob a bank together, wouldn’t you say?”
I mean, I’m not a lawyer. But you can trust me—I am fully credentialed by the University of Google.
So it isn’t illegal to ask these job interview questions. It’s just legally stupid—especially in the hiring stage. It could be used as a key piece of evidence in an anti-discrimination suit. So most employers (especially big companies with comprehensive training and anti-discrimination policies) will avoid them like the plague.
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Now here's our most watched video essay, just to give you a taste for what we've got going on over there:
So, we released this video in January of 2025. And fuck, man... it is even worse than we predicted. Especially the section on anti-immigrant policies. If you're more of a visual learner, here's the text version: How To Protect Yourself Against Project 2025
So... I'm working on an update. Sort of a "Project 2025 in Review." I'll see if we can find some updated advice on how to stay safe in these fucked up times.
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