The Most Underrated One Person Business Profile of 2025: The ‘Other Duties as Assigned’ Girl
Newsletter: July 7, 2025
My parents still don’t understand what I do for work.
Truth is, most women my age don’t either. Not because we’re not smart enough. But because we were never shown the map.
We were taught to follow instructions, not design systems. We were praised for being adaptable, not entrepreneurial. We were told to be team players while holding up teams entirely on our own.
You know her. You might be her.
The one who always picked up the slack. Caught the mistakes before they exploded. Filled in the gaps without being asked.
Her title?
Other Duties as Assigned.
She wasn’t on the org chart…but she kept the whole damn place running.
And now? She’s building something for herself.
The One Person Business
I spent the last year listening to Dan Koe, reading Alex Hormozi, watching creators half my age scale faster than any company I ever worked for.
I didn’t invent the One Person Business model. But I do see who’s missing from the conversation:
Women who’ve spent decades performing invisible labor now realizing it has value.
Women who’ve made entire departments function—and are finally asking, “What if I did that for myself?”
The next million-dollar businesses won’t have storefronts. They’ll live in corners of the internet. Built from wisdom. Designed with intention.
Powered by AI, shaped by agency.
If there are 2 million people online, there are 2 million possible businesses.
Not clones. Not hustle clones or funnel factories. But sovereign, skill-stacked businesses rooted in lived experience.
Why Now
Why this matters now:
AI is erasing low-level knowledge work.
The to-do lists, the reports, the busywork…it’s vanishing.
What’s left?
- Time.
- Wisdom.
- Discernment.
- Strategy.
- Voice.
Everything ‘Other Duties as Assigned’ girl already has. She just needs to own it. She just needs a model.
And now she has one.
Season 2
So here’s what comes next.
Whether you’re planning your exit or your exit is planed for you.
Begin here:
1. Own your time.
Your time isn’t just hours on a clock…it’s capacity, clarity, and energy. Before you leave your job, start tracking where your time actually goes.
• What drains you?
• What restores you?
• What do you want more of?
This isn’t productivity advice. It’s a reclamation.
2. Inventory your skills.
Not just the ones on your resume.
The real ones:
• The workarounds you invented
• The conflicts you navigated
• The emotional labor you absorbed
• The systems you maintained with no title or support
This is your intellectual capital. It’s the foundation of your one-person business.
3. Learn to use AI. Now.
Don’t wait for the perfect moment. AI is not a trend, it’s the infrastructure of the next economy. Start with simple prompts. Use it to offload mental load.
Treat it like a junior employee who’s fast, not perfect.
You don’t need to become a tech expert. You need to become sovereign.
This moment is asking you to stop waiting for a map. Stop looking at the closed door of layoff and loss. The way out isn’t the same for everyone and that’s the point. It isn’t something to fear. It’s something to walk toward.
Action alleviates anxiety.
Even the smallest step in the right direction is progress.
📌 Want to take The First Step? <- Link
It’s free, practical, and designed for women who are done waiting.
Hi, I’m Sundee. I write at the edge where Gen X women and the world collide.
Sometimes it’s scripted. Sometimes it’s a wild tangent. But every word, every build, every rebellion is about the same thing—claiming a life they told us we couldn’t have.
On Time. On Purpose. On My Own Terms.