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I was a textbook eldest daughter health-nut with nauseatingly wholesome habits. Now I’m surviving off a GoFundMe while I apply for benefits.
Gawd, I wish I’d robbed a dog salon while hella chugging box wine instead
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When you can't help yourself anymore. Literally.
I'm (usually) all for help. Not this time.
Feb 2, 2025
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You can have a happy, fulfilled, luxe life even in a miserable, painful, cursed meatsack.
Your body is a nightmare. Your life doesn't have to be.
Jan 5, 2025
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I survived 9 years I should have been on disability thanks to microbusiness
When you're too sick to work but your disability determination disagrees
Feb 23, 2025
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5 money mind-shifts that will save your bank account when you're chronically ill
No, this isn't a primer on kicking off a criminal career. (Drat. I wish I were that cool.)
Jan 12, 2025
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Why I seem "plucky" about being hella sick
And nope, you don’t have to right now
Aug 30
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Wait, all my hard nos are actually escape hatches??
If you’re not doing the things you said you’d never do, life hasn’t gotten weird enough yet.
Aug 23
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Safety is great and all, but have you tried a carefully selected terror or two?
Hold me closer, tiny danger
May 31
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Is it time to start whacking people with my cheetah cane?
Wait, does that sound kinky? I meant it literally. #villainera
May 12
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I don’t got this. (Don’t worry, it’s still a kinda upbeat post.)
The ugliest truths set you the most free
Mar 12
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Let me give you a few hundred bucks and some unsolicited advice
An update of my most popular post for surviving capitalism in a broken meatsack—and hi, newbies!
Feb 19
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Fly away with me: let's (legally!) break all the rules to survive your flight (Part 3)
Including a new tip I *just* learned that's too good to gatekeep
Jul 6, 2025
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Survive capitalism in a meatsack that doesn't wanna—and do it luxe. Earn, date, and live well even while seriously sick.
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