Guides with bite
Five dogs.
Five real problems.
Actual fixes.
Travel, work boundaries, digital burnout, home clutter, and rent negotiation, each solved by a very opinionated dog with a workbook to prove it.
The Guides
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$9.99 each. Real tools, checklists, and rituals, in a character’s actual voice, written to be used, not just read once and forgotten.
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The Complete Guides
Five dogs, five real problems. Get every guide in one bundle and whichever one hits first, you've already got the answer.
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The Never-Downgrade Method
Know which travel corners are safe to cut.
Upgrade tactics, a red-flag rental checklist, and a one-bag packing system.
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Off-The-Clock
Stop answering work messages after hours.
The exact words for the after-hours ping, the guilt play, and the meeting trap.
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The Un-Optimize Challenge
30 days to stop optimizing your life away.
30 days to quit optimizing your life into the ground, one dropped metric at a time.
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The Grand Unveiling
Fix the cluttered room you keep avoiding.
One honest look at the mess, then a 15-minute ritual you'll actually keep.
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Rent Hike
Exactly what to say when the rent goes up.
The exact words for responding to a rent increase, and the maths for what to do next.
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Meet the Dogs
Mila
The Global Luxury Explorer
Frequent flyer, zero tolerance for a bad seat. Mila has flown enough budget disasters to know exactly which corners are safe to cut, and which ones will ruin the whole trip.
Shop Mila’s Guide →Barnaby
The Exhausted Middle Manager
Off the clock, emotionally and literally. Barnaby has absorbed every after-hours ping so you don't have to keep absorbing yours.
Shop Barnaby’s Guide →Winston
The Anxious Tech-Bro Strategist
Optimized himself into a corner, then built the way back out. Winston is the metrics guy telling you to drop some metrics, on a schedule.
Shop Winston’s Guide →Duchess Coco
The Unforgiving Home Critic
The house is her stage, and every unfinished room is a review waiting to be written. One honest look, delivered with real theatre.
Shop Duchess’s Guide →Rusty
The Street-Smart Philosopher
Seen every rent increase letter from this stoop. Real luxury is a warm patch of sunlight, and he'll help you fight for the other kind too.
Shop Rusty’s Guide →The Breakdown
What’s Inside Each Guide
- ◆The 2-minute “Is This Actually a Deal?” worksheet, to run before you book anything
- ◆The Red-Flag Rental Checklist, for spotting a bad listing before you pay for it
- ◆3 ready-to-use upgrade requests: check-in counter, gate agent, pre-flight email
- ◆The One-Bag Packing System and the “Looks Expensive, Isn’t” swap list
- ◆The Standards You Never Drop worksheet
- ◆Bonus: the Compass Charm Country Cheat Sheet, a one-minute quickstart check, and a printable Compass Card
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