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The Almosts

The Almosts

All The Almosts articles from Everyday Hustle Jeff.

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The Roblox Update I Almost Pitched to BIL

Jeff nearly turned a Roblox map update into a business pitch for his brother-in-law. The specific moment he stopped h...

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The DoorDash Shift I Almost Talked Myself Out of Twice

Jeff almost didn't go. Then almost turned around. Then went anyway and made thirty-seven dollars in four hours on a T...

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The DoorDash Shift I Almost Broke Even On

A DoorDash shift in Montgomery that came within $1.84 of covering its own costs — the specific Friday it almost made ...

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The Survey App That Almost Had a Streak

A survey app gave Jeff a nine-day streak, decent payouts, and a disqualification rate that made the whole thing feel ...

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The Survey That Closed Before I Hit Submit

Nineteen minutes into a survey worth maybe four dollars, the timer ran out. Jeff hit submit anyway. Here's what that ...

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The Survey I Finished Before the Kids Woke Up

A paid survey at 5:47 a.m., a soft footstep on the stairs, and the specific math of almost making it count.

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The Roblox Update the Kids Remember and I Don't

Jeff shipped a Roblox update he has no memory of making. His kids remember every detail. The game still has eleven pl...

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The Reel I Almost Understood at 10K

A short-form reel hit ten thousand views and Jeff still can't tell you why. The algorithm gave nothing away and the m...

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I Cloned My Voice in HeyGen and Kept Talking

HeyGen voice cloning works well enough to be unsettling. The avatar talks like me. The hustle still didn't go anywher...

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The Roblox Update John Actually Played

John logged into the Roblox game. Not as a favor. As a guy who wanted to play it. That's the win, and it's also where...

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The Tool That Almost Had Users

Jeff built a small AI tool that got eleven sign-ups, four real sessions, and one guy who used it twice. The specific ...

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The Roblox Update That Almost Covered the Fee

A Roblox game update briefly generated enough Robux to almost cover a filing fee. Almost is doing a lot of work in th...

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The AI Tool I Almost Shipped Twice

Jeff built the same AI tool twice, nearly shipped it both times, and has a Notepad file from 2023 to prove how that w...

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The Roblox Update That Almost Worked

Jeff and his kids pushed a Roblox update that got real traction for about 72 hours, then quietly stopped.

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I Tried to Make HeyGen Sing in My Voice

HeyGen voice cloning works fine for talking. Singing is a different problem entirely, and I found out the hard way at...

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HeyGen Aspect Ratio Almost Got Me

HeyGen's aspect ratio settings seemed like a small detail — until every reel I made looked like a hostage video filme...

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I Let HeyGen Make My Reels for a Week

HeyGen can clone your voice and face into a 30-second reel. Whether that reel goes anywhere is a completely separate ...

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The AI Tool That Almost Had a Second User

Jeff built an AI tool, got one user (John), nearly got a second, and watched it evaporate over a single Slack message...

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The Offer I Almost Took and Still Think About

A contract offer that would've doubled Jeff's side income arrived on a Tuesday. He said no. He's still not sure if th...

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The Client Who Almost Paid Me

Somebody wanted to pay me to build a thing. It got as far as a scope, a price, and two months of near-silence.

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The Month It Almost Added Up

For about three weeks the side stuff looked like it was becoming something. Here is exactly where it stopped, and what stopped it.

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The Reel That Almost Went Somewhere

One thing I filmed in a parking lot did roughly forty times what anything else of mine has done. I still cannot tell you why.

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