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SUNDAY, 11 APRIL 1965
You say "it's not that deep" a lot.
Your Notes app has 300 entries and every one of them is that deep.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- You can't take money with you when you go. Your direct debits, however, will…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
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