How to be a Slacker in the 21st Century
You are burned-the-fuck out.
I get it.
Here's how to survive and not die.
START HERE
You don’t need to read everything.
Start with whatever feels closest to where you are right now.
If you’re tired or overwhelmed most of the time:
Time & Energy
Learn how to live within your actual limits, not the ones you wish you had.
If work is taking more than it gives back:
Work
A steadier, lower-effort way to stay employed without letting your job consume your life.
If life admin feels endless:
Responsibilities
How to keep essential things from falling apart—without trying to do everything.
If money stress never fully turns off:
Money
A “good enough” approach to finances that prioritizes stability over optimization.
If you feel behind at life in general:
Reframing
A different way to understand success, progress, and what “enough” can mean.
You can stop at any point. That still counts.
Slacker TIME
This site is about getting by.
Not optimizing your life.
Not “unlocking your potential.”
Not turning everything into a side hustle.
Just getting by — in school, at work, in relationships, and in your own head — without burning out or pretending to care more than you actually do.
In the 1980s and 1990s, a “slacker” was someone with potential who didn’t quite live up to it. Today, that definition feels outdated. The systems changed. The pressure increased.
The rewards got more abstract.
Slacker Life is for people who are:
- Capable, but tired
- Functional, but unmotivated
- Employed, educated, or enrolled — and still unsure why it all feels like so much
This site will eventually include:
- Practical ways to survive school without making it your identity
- Career strategies for people who want jobs, not callings
- Relationship advice that avoids drama and emotional overcommitment
- A general permission slip to live a smaller, quieter, more tolerable life
There are no trophies here. There may not be a big payoff at the end.
But things can still work out fine.
Maybe even better than expected.