Jason Sadler - Wearing T-Shirts

I was intrigued by this article here. Don’t feel like a fool!

From the why-didn’t-I-think-of-that file, we present Jason Sadler, a man whose full-time job is wearing T-shirts.

[We’ll pause for a moment to give you a chance to kick yourself.]

Here’s how it works: Every day, he wears a T-shirt from a different company. He blogs about it. Tweets about it. Uploads photos. Plus, he does a live-streaming video on YouTube every day at 3pm, where he answers viewer questions.

“I am a full-time T-shirt wearer,” Sadler explains.

Companies pay him anywhere from $1 to $365 to wear their shirt, based on the day of year. Jan. 1 is $1, the 2nd is $2, and so on, until Dec. 31, which is — you guess it — $365.

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Written by t.davis

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