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SUNDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 1962
The retirement age goes up a year every time you check.
It's not a finish line. It's a horizon.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
- Wealth is built slowly. Debt is built quickly. And it's hereditary.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
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