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MONDAY, 24 AUGUST 1981
Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January.
It's been screaming quietly ever since.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- You bought the yoga mat. The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible,…
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