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SATURDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 1956
Think outside the box.
The box had the budget. You're out here with a sticky note.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- Your teenager isn't ignoring everyone. Just you. You're saved in their phone as "Do…
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
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