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MONDAY, 2 JULY 1962
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
- Limited-time event. Will not return. Neither will your Saturday.
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- You typed "speak to an agent" nine times. The bot sent you a help…
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
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