What's up? What's up, Nick? Loper here, welcome to the Side Hustle Show because things can get better.

This is true both in the broad sense, but also down to the micro details of our day-to-day lives and businesses,

and that's what I want to geek out with you about today.

Now, over here, Bryn and I kind of joke that we have this mission to optimize everything,

whether that's the limited space in our house, the hours in the day, or the money in the

bank. We have taken great joy in this type of incremental improvement. Like how can we

make this 1% better? And if we do that

consistently over time it starts to compound and we're way better off than when we

started. Some of these I've sprinkled into the podcast over the years like using Last Pass to generate and securely

store and remember and share online passwords, like learning the keyboard shortcuts to whatever software

you use all the time, like using

text expander to create your own keyboard shortcuts, but I've never done a full

episode dedicated to these little life upgrades. These are the new habits, systems, gadgets, software tools

that don't cost a ton of money or a ton of time but they really have an outsized

impact on your overall well-being.

To help me out with this, I've enlisted the support of several friends and listeners to get their

suggestions as well.

So how it'll work is you'll hear those clips and I'll work in some of my personal

quote upgrades throughout. Notes and links to all the resources mentioned for this one are at

side hustle nation dot com slash upgrades.

Now here's an upgrade that can pay dividends for years

and that is leveling up your skills

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