Doaa Hussein

Palestinian

[Sydney Battle @SydneyBattle]

i don’t have super strong opinions on VAR in soccer but i do take issue with a goal being invalidated bc the computer showed that a player’s fat, toned ass happened to poke past the defender guarding him

[ecomchigga @ecomchigga]

sat next to a guy on a flight who smelled like old money

rolex. tailored suit. reading a physical newspaper like it was 1987.

figured he was some finance executive or inherited wealth.

we got talking. I mentioned I sell stuff online.

he put down his newspaper.

"what kind of stuff?"

digital products. courses. ebooks. that kind of thing.

he smiled weird.

"I made $4 million last year selling a PDF about aquariums."

I thought he was messing with me.

he wasn't.

this guy is 61 years old. spent 30 years as an accountant. hated every second of it. retired at 55 with decent savings but nothing crazy.

his hobby was aquariums. had been keeping fish tanks since he was 12.

"my wife told me to start a blog so I'd stop boring her with fish facts."

so he did. wrote about aquarium stuff 3 times a week. water chemistry. tank setups. fish compatibility.

for 2 years nobody read it.

"I had maybe 50 visitors a month. all probably bots."

but he kept going because he had nothing else to do.

year 3, one article ranked on google. then another. then another.

suddenly he was getting 100K visitors a month. all people searching for aquarium help.

"I realized these people would probably pay for a complete guide. so I wrote one."

147 pages. everything about setting up and maintaining an aquarium.

priced it at $47.

first month: $6K
first year: $340K
last year: $4.2 million

from a PDF about fish tanks.

I asked about his marketing strategy.

"I don't have one. google sends people to my blog. blog mentions the guide. people buy it. I go play golf."

no email sequence?

"I have a newsletter. I send fish tips once a week. sometimes I mention the guide at the bottom. that's it."

no upsells?

"I made a second guide about saltwater tanks specifically. $67. people who bought the first one usually buy the second. that's my whole business."

no team?

"my wife helps with customer service. we get maybe 10 emails a day. most are just people showing us their tanks."

this 61 year old retiree built a bigger business than most "entrepreneurs" I know.

no ads. no funnel hacks. no growth strategies. no personal brand.

just mass expertise in one weird niche and patience to let it compound.

before we landed he gave me advice I didn't ask for:

"everyone your age wants to get rich fast. that's why most of you stay broke. I wrote about fish for 2 years before making a dollar. now I make more than I did in 30 years of accounting. speed is overrated. patience pays."

the plane landed. he grabbed his newspaper and walked off.

probably went home to feed his fish.

[Doaa Hussein @doaahusseinn]

@honeymoon250 Rappatouille

[Darth Erogenous @darth_erogenous]

Told my doctor I was depressed and he asked me if I’d thought about killing myself. Hell of a piece of medical advice but here goes nothing

[blue @bluewmist]

with books unread, muscles untrained, and thousands of skills untouched - if you're bored you aren't even trying

[🫀BGK the great @frombretoyou]

A cheat code to adulting is to always have something to look forward to, no matter how small or big

[h🪐p @HWestwoodP]

is it possible to neither condone nor feel any sympathy

[Doaa Hussein @doaahusseinn]

@_prospektsmarch Such a GOOD SONG

[Nandi 🤍💜🤍 @pallnandi]

Ages 25-30 are crucial. You’re accepting that your friend group is getting smaller, your parents are getting older, you’re cleaning up the financial mess from your early 20s, managing your career and health. And somehow, you still need to find time to heal your mind.

[habitual line-stepper @alaskastardust]

always delighted by that thing parents do where their baby has like one hair but they’re desperate for you to understand that the baby is a girl so they lovingly clip a tiny bow to the single hair

[໊ @user0000O0]

what do you do on sundays besides feeling depressed as shit

[autumn girl @talya9646171863]

Your daily reminder that next season is autumn 🎃

[Enzo🥶 @enzoweb_3]

we should have a national quiet day, where everyone just shuts the fuck up for 24 hours

[Brittany Hugoboom @BritHugoboom]

My dad was in a car accident almost a year ago.

He spent three weeks in a coma. During that time, the only things he could hear, if he heard anything at all, were my little brother whispering, “Fight, Dad,” and the Braveheart score playing softly from my phone.

My mom never left his side. Not once. She slept upright in a hospital chair, holding his hand. She didn’t go home. She didn’t take a “Starbucks break.” She stayed with my dad.

People say women marry for protection, for resources, for provision.
But what happens when the man can no longer provide? When he can’t speak, can’t walk, can’t open his eyes?

That’s when you see what a marriage is.

My brothers and my husband lifted his body when he couldn’t lift himself. I figured out how to pay his credit card so his credit wouldn’t be dinged. I cooked meals at home and my brother’s boss treated our family to meals at restaurants. Friends sent gifts to my parents’ home. My kids brought youthful energy and joy.

My mom was his rock, his reason. Once he came back to us, he didn’t want anyone but her near him. And she never once complained. She was just grateful he was alive.

They say love is willing the good of the other.

But for a man? A good woman is more than rubies. She reminds you who you are when you forget. She stands by you in sickness and in health. When there’s only the sound of hospital machines and a heartbeat she’s praying won’t stop.

In the East, men were the warriors and women the healers.
In the West, men held the power and women had grace.

But in every culture, the deepest truth is the same:
A good woman brings you back to life
and gives you children and grandchildren who adore you, who drop everything to be by your side when it matters most.

[Doaa Hussein @doaahusseinn]

Best day of my entire life

[Coldplay @coldplay]

Show #203, Toronto

#MusicOfTheSpheresWorldTour

[Doaa Hussein @doaahusseinn]

TJ is JD Vance if he swapped the senate for serotonin and vibes #LoveIslandUSA