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WEDNESDAY, 22 MARCH 1978
Start the week strong.
Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a buffering icon.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
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