Being broke at the holidays is fucking tedious

Having no money sucks broadly, but it sucks more at the holidays. I've experienced this in both 2017 and 2019. Here's a path around it!

Told this story a few other times in blogs/posts, so sorry if you've heard it. Around early September 2017, when I was a strapping (ha) 36 year-old, one Friday afternoon I had about $9.36 in checking. I had other money sources, sure. But checking was #piped. I got through that weekend largely by going to bars/restaurants where I knew servers and getting…