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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Nobody replaced the schedule school used to give you

Drift isn't a character flaw. It's what happens when every external structure disappears at once and nothing gets built to replace it.

GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

The Okinawan friend group that meets for fifty years

A moai started as a village money pool and became the most durable friendship structure anybody has built. The mechanics copy just fine.

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BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Own the Parts That Weren't Your Fault

Blame and responsibility are two different ledgers, and the man who confuses them stays stuck for years. A practical way out.

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Fitness6 min read

Long-lived people don't work out, they just never stop moving

The shepherds and gardeners outliving the rest of us never did a single bench press. What they do instead fits inside a Tuesday with a job and two kids.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Greens, good oil and one loaf will carry your whole week

Boil the bitter greens hard, keep the water, buy two bottles of olive oil, and Sunday's cooking feeds you through Thursday.

GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Steal the slow habits of the world's longest-lived towns

Stay at the table after the plates are empty, walk twelve minutes after dinner, stop eating at eighty percent. None of it costs a dollar.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Take over the one thing your parent always did

The paperwork ends in six weeks. The meaning question shows up in month four, and it answers to work, not to thinking.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your vegetables need the same heat you give a steak

How to get a meat-loving family eating twice the plants without a lecture, a fake burger or a single sad boiled carrot.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Ikigai isn't a Venn diagram, it's a reason to get up

Japanese researchers have tracked what happens to people who say they have a reason to get up in the morning. The findings are worth your attention, and so are the caveats.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Twenty minutes of quiet is a scheduling problem, not a luxury

You don't find quiet in the gaps, because the gaps always get filled. You put it on the calendar, give it a start time, and defend it like a dentist appointment.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Cook Okinawan for a week with what your grocery store has

A three-pound pork belly, a head of cabbage and one pot of dashi will carry five dinners. Almost every mistake is a water problem.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Garden, walk and keep working into your eighties

Motion with a reason beats a gym membership you'll quit. How to set up the yard, the route and the job so you're still doing all three at eighty-five.