I’m quite sure the employment landscape has changed enough that it would be a vastly different book now! Affiliate marketing and gaming apps that allegedly pay you to play weren’t even a thing. I wonder how much hustle culture would factor in now. Get the Walmart job, set up your Amazon store, and plat Solitaire Cash until you go to bed.
And didn’t you kind of do that already? If memory serves, you did your first product launch from your car! You have lived the story!
You know I am 👏 up 👏 for 👏 this! I cannot wait for you to give us all things home and garden - Ash Ambirge style. 😍 Also YES to being your weird internet friend. 😅💕
Oh, please let me see your not-a-recliner chair! I don't own a recliner because they're "big chairs for big Americans" but they're so damn comfy and I wish I were that comfy right now.
I bought a house at the ripe age of 42 and I'm loving learning to do all the things! I'm in!!
Omg okay so I ACTUALLY FOUND IT LOCALLY - which I still can't believe. There's this new shop in town and the owners have excellent taste and are getting in superb inventory that's blowing my mind! I just looked at it to see the brand but I can't find it! However, can we pls daydream about this one from Arhaus, despite that heart-stopping price tag? It's similar in style!!! (But only cost $1K - and still has a power recline button thingy, lol. I must find the name of the one I've got!)
Honestly this thing is dangerous - you want to actually fall asleep in it!!! LOL. Was just telling Christine I CRAZILY got it locally, and am going to find out the brand. But this one from Arhaus is just friggin' gold (even tho it apparently costs as much as gold too lol):
I love that you found a non-recliner, recliner. I hope you'll post info on it. (If you already did, and I missed it, I apologize)
I'd love to send you my novel "The Dual Path" as a gift to add to your collection. It's a rather off the wall, doesn't exactly fit into any genre properly, novel about a girl, her completely off-the-wall, but rather magic aunt, a bunch of odd characters and the one-eye-one-horned-flying-purple-people-eater. You're probably too young, but when I was a child, I wondered and still wonder, is it purple and eats people, or does it only eat purple people?? As a purple person, this was kind of scary, so I've done my best to answer that question and many others you may or may not have had.
HAAAHAHAHA! I 100% always thought it was purple, and it ate people. Which IS terrifying. I played on a club league volleyball team for years and our colors were purple and someone DEFINITELY used to call us this, lollllll.
Also! I'm hunting for the brand of the non-recliner recliner. I actually found it - ready for this? - LOCALLY. But this one from Arhaus is close (though the price tag is not, lol):
Love that recliner, looks like a place to curl up and read a good book! There' a fun kid's book "the World Needs More Purple People" by Kristen Bell for all us Purple People.
I'd forgotten about that. I think I'll re-read it. It inspired me at the time because it made sense and wasn't all about optimizing...one of my least favorite buzz words ever!
Ash. You had me at Farrow and Ball (I have all of the books!), real estate investing and Airbnbing (is that a word?) as I am literally setting up appointments with a real estate agent to look for my first rental property.
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And you know another one you *have* to get?! The name is 100% uninspiring but the content is precisely what I want to learn about & write about: WHY something looks good. It's called "The Interior Design Handbook." LOL. But, it's been a really great read!
I love books. I hate bookcases. Home-decorating-wise, I'm interested in: dust-proof, cat-hair-proof, kitchen-grease-residue -(which never seems confined to just the kitchen)-proof way to store and display favorite books. Whenever I want to fish out a book I return to time and again (Love in the Time of Cholera, Antifragile, Save the Cat, A Short History of Nearly Everything, etc), I have to come back to the shelf armed with Windex, Pledge, a microfiber cloth, and Playtex gloves, and I end up doing more cleaning than reading. Do you need glass cases for everything? How do people store actual books in real life?? Help!
A Short History of Nearly Everything!!! YESSS - and my new favorite of his, AT HOME. It's so good. It's basically history through the lens of the everyday items you have in your house. One of my top 5 books I've read in the last few years!
And, omg, can relate. I'm walking around with one of those 1980s style tie-dye-looking dusters, going "but this is really just moving it aroundddddddd." 🤣 I bet there is a product you can spray on that repels dust - sort of like how Rain-X repels water off your windshield? We must research!
I'll have to check out AT HOME. The last one I read was the THE BODY, and that's been in my top 5 for the last couple of years. Check out BREATH by James Nestor, if you haven't. A--mazing!
I love the Rain-X idea. If it doesn't exist, I may have to invent it 🧐
Nickel and Dimed should be required reading for every American at any age. My gawd. Barbara shows us just how heavily the deck is stacked.
Her work is incredible. So many times, I daydreamed about doing a 2024 version of this.
I’m quite sure the employment landscape has changed enough that it would be a vastly different book now! Affiliate marketing and gaming apps that allegedly pay you to play weren’t even a thing. I wonder how much hustle culture would factor in now. Get the Walmart job, set up your Amazon store, and plat Solitaire Cash until you go to bed.
And didn’t you kind of do that already? If memory serves, you did your first product launch from your car! You have lived the story!
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You know I am 👏 up 👏 for 👏 this! I cannot wait for you to give us all things home and garden - Ash Ambirge style. 😍 Also YES to being your weird internet friend. 😅💕
YESSSSS!!! You know we will totally have WAY too much fun with this!!!!!!!
Oh, please let me see your not-a-recliner chair! I don't own a recliner because they're "big chairs for big Americans" but they're so damn comfy and I wish I were that comfy right now.
I bought a house at the ripe age of 42 and I'm loving learning to do all the things! I'm in!!
Also, where did you buy your house?!
Omg okay so I ACTUALLY FOUND IT LOCALLY - which I still can't believe. There's this new shop in town and the owners have excellent taste and are getting in superb inventory that's blowing my mind! I just looked at it to see the brand but I can't find it! However, can we pls daydream about this one from Arhaus, despite that heart-stopping price tag? It's similar in style!!! (But only cost $1K - and still has a power recline button thingy, lol. I must find the name of the one I've got!)
https://www.arhaus.com/products/rowland-recliner?variant=43133979164843&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo8S3BhDeARIsAFRmkOM85kLniVuyapxyqBeki5xWAl-u0--9HXiUT9rQfNtebs7ICk8fpy4aAhL7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
I need the deets as well. I'm sitting in a not-recliner watching TV with my laptop and I can't tell you how many times I've Googled "recliner".
Honestly this thing is dangerous - you want to actually fall asleep in it!!! LOL. Was just telling Christine I CRAZILY got it locally, and am going to find out the brand. But this one from Arhaus is just friggin' gold (even tho it apparently costs as much as gold too lol):
https://www.arhaus.com/products/rowland-recliner?variant=43133979164843&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo8S3BhDeARIsAFRmkOM85kLniVuyapxyqBeki5xWAl-u0--9HXiUT9rQfNtebs7ICk8fpy4aAhL7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
I love that you found a non-recliner, recliner. I hope you'll post info on it. (If you already did, and I missed it, I apologize)
I'd love to send you my novel "The Dual Path" as a gift to add to your collection. It's a rather off the wall, doesn't exactly fit into any genre properly, novel about a girl, her completely off-the-wall, but rather magic aunt, a bunch of odd characters and the one-eye-one-horned-flying-purple-people-eater. You're probably too young, but when I was a child, I wondered and still wonder, is it purple and eats people, or does it only eat purple people?? As a purple person, this was kind of scary, so I've done my best to answer that question and many others you may or may not have had.
AnnaMariah Nau
HAAAHAHAHA! I 100% always thought it was purple, and it ate people. Which IS terrifying. I played on a club league volleyball team for years and our colors were purple and someone DEFINITELY used to call us this, lollllll.
Also! I'm hunting for the brand of the non-recliner recliner. I actually found it - ready for this? - LOCALLY. But this one from Arhaus is close (though the price tag is not, lol):
https://www.arhaus.com/products/rowland-recliner?variant=43133979164843&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo8S3BhDeARIsAFRmkOM85kLniVuyapxyqBeki5xWAl-u0--9HXiUT9rQfNtebs7ICk8fpy4aAhL7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Love that recliner, looks like a place to curl up and read a good book! There' a fun kid's book "the World Needs More Purple People" by Kristen Bell for all us Purple People.
Oooo! Reminds me of Godin's "Purple Cow." A must-read if you haven't!
I'd forgotten about that. I think I'll re-read it. It inspired me at the time because it made sense and wasn't all about optimizing...one of my least favorite buzz words ever!
Ash. You had me at Farrow and Ball (I have all of the books!), real estate investing and Airbnbing (is that a word?) as I am literally setting up appointments with a real estate agent to look for my first rental property.
I’m all in!
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And you know another one you *have* to get?! The name is 100% uninspiring but the content is precisely what I want to learn about & write about: WHY something looks good. It's called "The Interior Design Handbook." LOL. But, it's been a really great read!
https://www.amazon.com/Interior-Design-Handbook-Furnish-Decorate/dp/0593139313/ref=asc_df_0593139313/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18110895208039363255&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007158&hvtargid=pla-2281435178618&psc=1&mcid=1319701713b13f05bb117c3f72d87559&hvocijid=18110895208039363255-0593139313-&hvexpln=73
Thanks for the rec!
Ordering. The page on “practicing pillows” is so needed!
I love books. I hate bookcases. Home-decorating-wise, I'm interested in: dust-proof, cat-hair-proof, kitchen-grease-residue -(which never seems confined to just the kitchen)-proof way to store and display favorite books. Whenever I want to fish out a book I return to time and again (Love in the Time of Cholera, Antifragile, Save the Cat, A Short History of Nearly Everything, etc), I have to come back to the shelf armed with Windex, Pledge, a microfiber cloth, and Playtex gloves, and I end up doing more cleaning than reading. Do you need glass cases for everything? How do people store actual books in real life?? Help!
A Short History of Nearly Everything!!! YESSS - and my new favorite of his, AT HOME. It's so good. It's basically history through the lens of the everyday items you have in your house. One of my top 5 books I've read in the last few years!
And, omg, can relate. I'm walking around with one of those 1980s style tie-dye-looking dusters, going "but this is really just moving it aroundddddddd." 🤣 I bet there is a product you can spray on that repels dust - sort of like how Rain-X repels water off your windshield? We must research!
I'll have to check out AT HOME. The last one I read was the THE BODY, and that's been in my top 5 for the last couple of years. Check out BREATH by James Nestor, if you haven't. A--mazing!
I love the Rain-X idea. If it doesn't exist, I may have to invent it 🧐
Ooooo!!! BREATH looks fantastic!!! *buys hardcover* <---I'm going to be in so much trouble