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Transform Your Achilles Heel into a Reliable Source of Income

Justin Estes
4 min readOct 14, 2020

I’ve always loved coffee.

My dad was a sales rep for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in Vermont when I was a child, and we always had a ton of great coffee in our house.

Fast forward to high school, I spend a ton of money at Starbucks, and I also splurge at any local cafes I can find.

The trend continued through the first year of college, and it only got worse. I was spending hundreds of dollars on coffee because, you know, college. You have to.

I got to a point when I realized that I loved coffee so much that I was bankrupting myself.

What was I going to do?

Then it hit me; get a job at a coffee shop so I can get coffee for free.

It took me a while, but I ended up getting the best part-time job I’ve ever had, which evolved into one of my greatest experiences because of the friends, connections, and relationships that the coffee shop jobs allowed me to develop.

I know what you’re thinking; this might be trivial and silly, but I ended up doing this two more times.

I really love sunglasses because I think that they are stylish and fun and a great way to accessorize an outfit without trying too…

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Justin Estes
Justin Estes

Written by Justin Estes

I love people, music, and optimizing financial health

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