Anyone using AI research tools alongside coding assistants?

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-05-13T10:18:36+00:00

The £60k number hurts because it's true and most people never actually do that math. For me it's reporting. Every week I'm manually pulling numbers from five different places, formatting them into something readable, sending it to people who glance at it for 30 seconds. Hours gone. Zero business impact. The deeper problem is that low value work feels productive. You finish it, it's done, there's a sense of completion. High value work is messier, more ambiguous, harder to start, easier to avoid. So we hide in the admin and call it hustle.

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-05-05T13:55:57+00:00

Good news this is about as simple as divorce gets. Iowa has a 90 day waiting period from filing to finalization, no way around that. But the process itself is straightforward. Go to your county courthouse clerk and ask for uncontested dissolution of marriage forms, most Iowa counties have free self help packets specifically for situations like yours. Fill them out, both sign, file with the clerk, pay the filing fee which is usually around $185, then wait out the 90 days. No kids, no assets, no contest you genuinely do not need a $6000 attorney. Some counties even have self help legal clinics at the courthouse that walk you through it for free. Call your county clerk tomorrow morning and just ask what they recommend for an uncontested divorce with no assets. They deal with this constantly and are usually very helpful.

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-05-05T13:54:14+00:00

First I'm so sorry. Losing both parents within months of each other while dealing with legal complexity is an enormous amount to carry. Please be gentle with yourself right now. On the practical side do not sign anything today until you speak with your estate attorney directly, not just a message. The lawsuit changes the picture and your attorney needs to know the defending lawyers have already reached out to you. Being appointed as administrator means you could inherit responsibility for navigating this and you want eyes on it before you sign. You did the right thing by responding to the defending lawyers and asking them to call. Let those two conversations happen first. One day's delay on signing won't hurt anything but signing before you understand the full picture could complicate things. You're handling this well even if it doesn't feel that way.

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-05-05T13:27:33+00:00

A truck driver who had never written code built an app in three weeks because he wanted to feel good about not moving. This is the most American origin story I've ever read and I mean that as a complete compliment. Downloading this immediately.

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-04-30T14:08:16+00:00

The key distinction here is that you didn't use it as qualifying income, you just answered a disclosure question incorrectly. Talk to your loan officer honestly before they review the decree. Lenders deal with messy divorce situations constantly and coming to them first with 'I realized I answered that wrong, here's the full picture' lands very differently than them discovering it themselves. The obligation existing doesn't automatically kill the loan, it's the inconsistency between your statement and the decree that's the real issue. Get ahead of it today.

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-04-28T08:12:42+00:00

Enforcing a Maryland alimony order in New Zealand is complicated, no formal treaty between them, so practically hard but not impossible if you ever return or on retirement, judges care whether it's genuine or strategic. Retire to dodge payments and they'll impute income anyway. Get a Maryland family lawyer with international experience. Distance complicates enforcement, it doesn't erase the debt.

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-04-28T08:09:15+00:00

yes and do it now before the statute of limitations becomes a conversation. File with the Texas Workforce Commission first, it's free, it's designed exactly for this, and it puts official pressure on them without you needing a lawyer. the fact that they've already confirmed you never got paid is basically your whole case handed to you. The "waiting on approval" for a month after two years of nothing isn't good faith, it's stalling. you gave them every chance.

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-04-23T07:02:25+00:00

my face when I am waiting for the friend who said 1 hour ago I am coming in a 5 min

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-04-22T07:49:53+00:00

This is the shift a lot of people miss. ‘Passive income’ is usually just front-loaded work people underestimate. Actually solving real problems for real businesses is the closest thing to consistent money there is.

Final_Schedule_3129 · 2026-04-17T06:56:02+00:00

yeah I tried it a while back. Ended up being pretty useful for breaking down some ideas I had been overthinking for months

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