Charly Stoever books a steady stream of pet sitting gigs to bring living costs to near-zero.
  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
    343·
    7 days ago

    Honestly that kind of sounds awesome to me.

    I mean obviously it sucks if they’re forced to do it but I love pet sitting, I enjoy seeing where people live, and I’ve never felt the need to be tied anywhere. If they’re happy let em be.

    Holding them up as an example of sigma grind or whatever obviously sucks but it in and of itself doesn’t sound half bad to me.

    • Felis_Rex@lemmy.zip
      542·
      7 days ago

      This sounds like fucking hell, I can’t see a way this works without having to work 7 days a week or being hobo-sexual

      Listen I love dogs, but this is some peasant type shit. 2 suit cases being everything you own? Yeah, I’d like to practice nonattachment to this level, but I doubt you’re finding nirvana doing this. There’s no way this is done outside a major metro.

      Edit: ok after having read the article this whole thing is fucking nonsense. Financial coach? This is a fuckin grift. They definitely have a fall back either through family or something. This article reads both as self-fellating and rage bait depending on how you lean or align yourself. it hits so many major buzzwords. Im not sure why it’s even a story besides the fact it will definitely be controversial

      • HeartyOfGlass@piefed.socialEnglish
        27·
        7 days ago

        In 2025, Stoever traveled to 10 countries while running their business, Traveler Charly Money Coaching, through which they provide clients guidance for paying down debt, building credit and saving for retirement. Six months of private money coaching, which includes biweekly hourlong calls, costs $6,000. Last year, the business brought in a little less than $60,000. Stoever takes home less than that after business expenses and taxes, but supplements their income with the occasional paid pet-sitting gig (most of the ones they take are in exchange for free accommodation) and performances at a queer burlesque.

        Sounds like they roped ~10 clients into their personal financial thing, and that’s where all the dough came from. “Pet sitting” is just their pleasant term for “couch surfing”.

  • BranBucket@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 days ago

    I don’t need much. I honestly don’t. I prefer quality and things that appeal to my interest over quantity. I’ve lived in dorms, hotels, and temp housing before. If it’s just me, I can be comfortable and content in an average single bedroom apartment. I’d maybe prefer some outside storage and/or work space, but I don’t need a three car garage. Although opinions vary on what constitutes enough, I’m good with having “just enough”.

    But, I don’t think I’d enjoy this.

    Having a small space of my own seems like it’s pretty essential to my feeling secure and satisfied. Thinking about being constantly on the move, even with the ability to take all my possessions with me, gives me a sort of creeping anxiety and disquiet.

    Part of it is that it feels invasive to me to live in other’s homes. Oddly enough, I don’t mind having someone in my space, but I’d be walking on eggshells if I did the same. I know that no housing is truly secure in the US economy, but this feels far too impermanent and far too at risk of going wrong.

    • Aeao@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 days ago

      There’s a quote in assassins creed . I think the third one.

      “All I need is a beer in one hand and a titty in the other” I’d the best I can rember the quote.

      I can’t drink beer, I’m a mixed drink guy. Also Im asexual so I don’t need the titty either.

      “I don’t need much” me either lol.

      • Felis_Rex@lemmy.zip
        91·
        6 days ago

        The sub literally died overnight. Crazy to witness in real time. A lot of people had/have legitimate grievances about how work and labor are handled in the US and this was during and immediately after COVID lockdowns. One basement dwelling, stereotypical reddit mod delegitimized an entire movement with a single interview on Fox “news”.

        No one knew they had been contacted and clearly they had no media training; I’m talking clearly unbathed, wearing dirty clothes, blurry camera/video, and spinning in their chair while talking like a school child. To say it was bad is an understatement.

        Support fractured and multiple subreddits were formed to distance themselves from /r/antiwork. It was actually sad to see. There was like a week or two of fighting on reddit about it. Shit like that makes you realize how effective counter-intelligence programs are. All you need is one weak link and a moment of opportunity