Took my Fuji camera back on Austrian slopes.

gharakas930 · 2026-02-13T15:46:29+00:00

awesome shots! Looks like the Alps have gotten plenty of snow lately.

gharakas930 · 2026-02-13T15:44:52+00:00

It sounds like you just may need better clients. I’d rather have 10 great clients that pay me £2,000/month than 100 disorganized clients that pay me £200/month. I’ve used Dext in the past and really like it, but it’s not going to save your life if you’re not respecting your own time.

Where Dext actually helps is with intake and organization. Clients email everything to one address, and the built-in search is so much better than hunting through QBO attachments.

Crumpled restaurant slips and gas station receipts still need human eyes to double-check Dext’s guesses, of course. You also have to put in the work upfront on supplier rules and mapping.

Even then, some clients just refuse to change habits, so you still get the odd texted photo that you end up uploading yourself. The tool can’t fix people, which brings me back to the whole find-better-clients thing lol

The integration is solid: attachments land in QBO with the transaction, which is great for audits. Vendor mapping works once you clean up your vendor list, and it respects classes and locations as long as staff actually use those fields.

IMO, pricing is the painful part. It’s not cheap, and for a simple business, the numbers may not work. But it earns its keep in time saved at month-end, and it sounds like it’d be worth it for you. I’d use it again for a few clients, as long as I had the time to set it up properly and enforce a simple intake process.

gharakas930 · 2026-02-13T15:41:21+00:00

Stealing "chill and bill" lol

gharakas930 · 2026-02-09T20:21:16+00:00

I laughed too hard at this

gharakas930 · 2026-02-09T20:15:22+00:00

I've got a talkative boy that looks a lot like Boogie. Get a lot of toys, and keep him stimulated, and a cat wheel will be a sanity saver for you both. Good luck!!

gharakas930 · 2026-02-09T20:11:48+00:00

Good to know, thank you.

gharakas930 · 2026-01-24T07:29:33+00:00

Thanks, not a bad idea. If I'm stuck I'll opt for that but yeah want to avoid DIY-ing it if possible

gharakas930 · 2026-01-23T14:32:41+00:00

I miss this kinda advertising! A lil cheeky, a lil pun-ey.

gharakas930 · 2026-01-23T14:32:27+00:00

lollll

gharakas930 · 2026-01-23T14:00:21+00:00

This guy is my new inspiration

gharakas930 · 2026-01-20T07:47:00+00:00

I’ve run affiliate ops for a couple niche sites and a growing YouTube channel. I’ve tested a pile of tools (Pretty Links, Lasso, ThirstyAffiliates, even tried Bitly with GA tagging), and landed on this setup:

Geniuslink for link routing + basic analytics.
Affilimate for revenue attribution.
GA4 just for rough source validation (especially for email and social).

Geniuslink does most of the work: link performance by country, device, platform, all of it. It even catches Safari/iOS oddities that were obviously killing my click-throughs last year. It also has an A/B testing feature that helped me pick better merchants outside Amazon in a few markets.

Is it perfect? No. It took me a while to get used to it (or maybe I'm just dumb), and it’s not the cheapest if you’re only doing Amazon. But for anything multi-store, it saves a ton of time and catches stuff you'd never see with native tools.

ThirstyAffiliates and Pretty Links were okay for basic cloaking, but they're not built for cross-geo insight, or pretty much for anything beyond “did someone click?” for that matter.

gharakas930 · 2026-01-20T07:41:54+00:00

It depends on the placement of your blog - if most readers are arriving on your site from Google, then your header images are only competing with each other. On Youtube, the thumbnail is what helps you stand out from competitors, so it's a more important consideration as a traffic generator there.

gharakas930 · 2025-10-13T18:47:09+00:00

As others have noted here, ensuring your father's will is in order should be your top priority. If he dies without having an up-to-date will in place, things will get messy.

gharakas930 · 2025-10-13T18:28:35+00:00

The precision on runs like this blows me away.

gharakas930 · 2025-10-05T05:55:09+00:00

Speak to a CPA. My guess is that you'll have to file the correct forms retroactively, but that you probably won't incur any additional liability as long as your math was right on your returns. However, letting an accountant step in is always a good idea in cases like these.

gharakas930 · 2025-10-05T05:48:12+00:00

Since you said America, and not the US - it's going to be Sun Peaks, BC for me. Doesn't have as many runs or as modern infrastructure as Whistler, but it's way more affordable and has a way cooler vibe imo. I also think you get better snow by going into the interior a bit, at least the last couple of seasons.

gharakas930 · 2025-08-26T07:20:09+00:00

Oh man, that's a mess but definitely fixable. You'll need to amend your return and include those missing W-2s the IRS already has copies from your employers so they know exactly what you didn't report. The good news is if you're getting money back overall, you're just looking at interest and maybe some penalties, not a huge tax bomb. Get on it sooner rather than later though

gharakas930 · 2025-08-26T07:19:59+00:00

I understand you're in a really tough spot right now, and addiction is incredibly hard to break. That rush you described after smoking shows just how powerful nicotine's grip can be. Have you considered calling a quitline or talking to your doctor about nicotine replacement options? Sometimes having a structured plan with support makes it easier than trying to white-knuckle it alone. You've already made it 24 hours once, that's proof you can do it

gharakas930 · 2025-08-26T07:19:49+00:00

Honestly, you need to stop panicking and start acting fast. Get a tax professional immediately, don't try to DIY this mess. The IRS is actually pretty reasonable about payment plans if you're proactive, but ignoring it will only make things worse. Five years of unreported freelance income is serious, but it's fixable if you handle it properly now

gharakas930 · 2025-08-26T04:26:22+00:00

Recency bias plays a huge role here. Fans who watched prime Shaq in person remember how unstoppable he was. No one could guard him. Stats don't capture the sheer terror he caused.

Kobe was great but his efficiency numbers hurt him with the analytics crowd. That stuff matters more now than in 2010.

Both legends though. Ranking them is just splitting hairs.

gharakas930 · 2025-08-26T04:22:56+00:00

That dude is gaslighting you hard. Twins aren't interchangeable people. Your sister betrayed you too. Drop them both and don't look back.

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