4090: The Triad of Hustling by J. Money of Budgets Are Sexy on Side Hustles

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🗓️ 19 July 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:50.5	I'm going to jump right into today's post as we optimize your life.
0:59.0	The Triad of Hustling by J.Money of Budgets Are Sexy.com Five months ago, I was on the verge of burning out again.
1:03.9	I got sucked right back into all my projects and had my head down grinding away as we do
1:08.6	when one day I look up and my son was there asking if I'd like to go
1:12.1	on a hike with him and by hike he meant a walk down by the river which was really a creek
1:17.4	i told him sure thing and planned to be back within the hour four hours later we came home and it was
1:24.3	like the heavens shining down with harps and all. For the first time all year,
1:28.7	I not only completely forgot about my work altogether, but I got to see the world through the
1:33.1	eyes of a five-year-old for four hours straight, and wow, was that a beautiful thing. No talking
1:38.6	about goals or emails or the internet, or really anything adult related whatsoever. It was literally just him and me in the serenity of nature, discussing every little curiosity
1:48.7	a boy of that age wonders about.
1:50.8	It was pure living.
1:52.8	And we'd probably still be on that walk, too, if his poor little legs didn't fail him
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