README.md: Why This Blog Exists
$ git log --oneline --graph --before="2020-03"
fatal: your current branch 'life' does not have any commits yet
$ git log --oneline --graph --after="2020-03" --before="2021-01"
* 7f4c3d2 Application #1,847 sent
* 3a9b8e1 Application #1,523 rejected
* 9c2d4f7 Application #1,001 - no response
* 2b5e8a3 Application #742 - ghosted after interview
* 5d3f9c1 Application #1 - "We'll keep your resume on file"
*
* WARNING: SINGLE_POINT_OF_FAILURE detected in system architecture
March 2020. The world shut down. My job disappeared.
What followed was 7 months of raw dogging job applications. Not the "I sent out a few resumes" kind. I'm talking about industrial-scale rejection:
- ▸1,847 applications (yes, I tracked them all)
- ▸6 months of complete silence
- ▸1 final offer from a marketing gig at a company nobody gives a fuck about
That experience broke something in me. Or maybe it fixed something that was already broken.
The Bug in the System
Landing that shitty marketing job should have been relief. Instead, it was terror.
Because I realized: Having one job is having one point of failure.
The same people celebrating their "stable" W2s are one reorganization away from being me in 2020. One bad quarter. One acquisition. One manager who doesn't like them.
That's not security. That's Russian roulette with a steady paycheck.
The Exploit I Discovered
Fast forward. I'm at my corporate job when an agency offers me a "part-time" consulting role.
They wanted 20 hours a week. I heard "optimization opportunity."
I took both jobs.
That's when everything changed. Not because of the money (though that was nice), but because I discovered something:
If you're:
- ▸Working fully remote (no commute, no office theater)
- ▸Craving actual security (not the fake corporate kind)
- ▸Able to plan ahead (can see patterns, build systems)
You can run multiple income streams using AI as your force multiplier.
From ChatGPT User to AI Orchestrator
This isn't about sending ChatGPT prompts. This is about building an entire shadow workforce:
class MySystem:
def __init__(self):
self.jobs = {
'corporate': AutomationLevel(0.4), # 40% automated
'agency': AutomationLevel(0.6), # 60% automated
'consulting': AutomationLevel(0.3) # 30% automated
}
self.brain = ExternalBrain(
context="Everything about every role",
memory="Every meeting, every project, every deadline",
personality="How I actually write and respond"
)
self.agents = [
'vault-navigator', # Finds any document instantly
'link-validator', # Maintains documentation integrity
'test-analyzer', # Processes client data
'pattern-finder' # Discovers insights I missed
]
The goal: Compress my 40-hour week into 3 days of actual work.
What This Blog Actually Is
This isn't a success story blog. This isn't a "how I made it" flex.
This is documentation of a survival system.
Every post here serves one purpose: Building defenses against ever being broke again.
What You've Already Found
- ▸Building a Second Brain That Your AI Can Navigate - Because your brain can't hold three jobs worth of context
- ▸How Subagents Turned My CLAUDE.md Files Into Actual Automation - When documentation became executable, everything changed
- ▸Building Self-Healing Documentation - 75% of my documentation maintains itself now
What This Really Is
Think of this blog as a README.md for escaping single-income vulnerability:
# README: Multiple Income Stream System
## Prerequisites
- Remote work capability
- Basic AI literacy (can use ChatGPT)
- The fear (if you've been broke, you have it)
## Installation
1. Read the technical posts (they're the foundation)
2. Start with ONE automation
3. Free up 2 hours per day
4. Use those 2 hours to build income stream #2
## Dependencies
- Claude/ChatGPT (any AI with decent context window)
- Obsidian or similar (external brain storage)
- The memory of being broke (motivation.exe)
## Known Issues
- Imposter syndrome will hit hard
- Context switching is real
- Some days everything breaks at once
- You'll question if this is sustainable (it is)
## Contributing
Take what works. Ignore what doesn't.
Build your own version.
Share what you learn.
Current Status
$ income --compare 2020 2025
2020: ██░░░░░░░░ $[REDACTED]
2025: ██████████ $[REDACTED] (+200%)
$ stress --level
Before: ████████░░ (80% - "Will I make rent?")
Now: ██░░░░░░░░ (20% - "Hope nobody figures this out")
$ raise --traditional
Company: "Great year! Here's 5%"
Me: [Adds entire new income stream instead]
Result: 100% raise, no begging required
Why This Documentation Exists
Because I spent 7 months watching my bank account drain while sending application #1,523 into the void. That kind of fear changes your DNA.
If you've been there, you get it. This isn't about hustle culture or getting rich. This is about never being that vulnerable again.
The Core Philosophy
def why_this_exists():
"""
Single income = Single point of failure
Multiple income = Redundant systems
AI automation = Force multiplier
Documentation = Replicable freedom
"""
return "Never be vulnerable to one person's decision again"
Every technical post, every automation guide, every system I document here has one purpose: Creating antifragile income.
The Deal
No course. No coaching. No email capture bullshit.
Just the actual systems that transformed me from "desperately refreshing email for responses" to "running multiple income streams while playing Baldur's Gate 3."
This blog is literally a README file for my life's operating system. Use it. Fork it. Improve it.
What Makes This Different
Most "multiple income" content is motivational garbage. This is technical documentation:
- ▸Exact prompts that save me 15 hours per week
- ▸File structures that let AI navigate 400+ documents
- ▸Automation chains that handle 60% of agency work
- ▸Context management for keeping three jobs separate
- ▸Crisis protocols for when everything collides
Think of it as open-source income security.
What You'll Find Here
/foundthewei/
├── /technical/ # The HOW - Systems that actually work
│ ├── documentation/ # Self-healing docs, CLAUDE.md files
│ ├── automation/ # Subagents that do actual work
│ └── orchestration/ # Managing multiple contexts
│
├── /operational/ # The WHAT - Daily reality
│ ├── schedules/ # How I structure multi-job days
│ ├── crisis/ # When everything breaks at once
│ └── opsec/ # Keeping streams separate
│
└── /psychological/ # The WHY - The fear and the freedom
├── origin/ # From broke to building
├── philosophy/ # Why multiple > single
└── future/ # Where this leads
For Those Still Trapped
If you're reading this from your single job, checking LinkedIn obsessively, worried about layoffs, calculating if you can make rent...
I see you. I was you.
The fear you're feeling? It's not irrational. It's your brain correctly identifying that you're running on a single point of failure.
The system I built isn't perfect. But it turned that fear from a daily panic into fuel for building something better.
One Last Thing
Yesterday's impossible is today's normal. When ChatGPT 3.5 dropped, everything changed. The tools exist. The context windows are massive. The agents actually work.
You can keep trusting a single employer with your entire livelihood.
Or you can build something antifragile.
$ echo "Welcome to the underground railroad of financial security"
$ ./start_your_escape_plan.sh
Initializing...
Loading context files... ✓
Spawning subagents... ✓
Activating multiple income streams... ✓
Ready to begin.
Why "README.md"?
Because that's what this is. A README for escaping the trap I fell into.
In programming, a README tells you:
- ▸What the project does
- ▸Why it exists
- ▸How to use it
- ▸What to expect
This blog is my README for never being broke again. Every post is a module. Every system is documented. Every failure is a bug report with a fix.
New posts drop when they're ready. No schedule. No fluff.
The code is open source. The systems are replicable. The fear is optional.
- foundthewei
P.S. - Everything you need is already in the posts. The technical stuff isn't separate from the survival stuff. It IS the survival stuff.
P.P.S. - If you're reading this while scared about money, start with the Second Brain post. That's where everything begins.