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MONDAY, 10 OCTOBER 1960
Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch.
Quiet budgeting is going anyway, checking your balance in the car and moving retirement to 79.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
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- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Coffee doesn't fix Monday. It just makes sure you're fully conscious for it.
- Your thirties are your twenties with consequences. The hangover lasts until Wednesday and reports…
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