The Self-Employed Man

Be your own boss and still pay the bills: clients, pricing, taxes, tools and time for your family.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

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The first year on your own costs more than the rent

The arithmetic, the paperwork and the quiet week six that nobody warns you about when you finally move out.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Coverage Is a Construction Problem

Most clothing sold as modest is badly made. Solve it with fabric weight, sleeve construction, and a tailor instead.

Dads6 min

Take the pedals off and he'll ride by teatime

Hunting & Shooting6 min

Your first hunting season will mostly be waiting

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Stop apologising at the office and at the school gate

A working mother's apology reflex costs her authority in both places. Practical ways to drop it without becoming the person nobody can schedule.

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What a kid can actually do at five, eight, eleven and fourteen

Handing over chores costs you time for about three weeks. After that, it pays you back for the next decade.

Woodworking6 min

Turning a storage garage into a working shop

BRO for Her6 min

Run the house on systems, not on memory

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

The hardest player to coach will be your own kid

Playing time, the car ride home, and the handful of rules that stop one season from ending a sport your kid actually liked.

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Build the workbench first, and buy only four tools

Skip the floating shelves. Your first project should be a flat surface at the right height, and it takes four tools to build it.

BRO for Her5 min

Friendship after thirty is a logistics problem

Dads5 min

What to settle before you hand over the first phone

GuideCarsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The used car tricks that still work, and how to beat them

Curbstoning, title washing, flood cars and the finance office. What the seller is hoping you won't check, and the ten minutes it takes to check it.

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Buy the cheap drill. Never buy the cheap jack stands.

A working line between the tools where price buys you nothing and the ones where it buys you a finished job and ten fingers.

Dads6 min

Don't go quiet when your daughter turns thirteen

Food6 min

The steak method that works on any pan you own

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Train around the week you actually have

Pick the slots before you pick the exercises, build a session you can cut in half, and stop restarting every Monday.

Dads5 min read

Pay it on Fridays and don't ask what they spent it on

A pocket money system that survives contact with a real nine-year-old, including the part where he wastes it and you say nothing.

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