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WEDNESDAY, 17 MARCH 1982
You have a "5-year plan".
It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- Hard work pays off eventually. It's paying off right now. Your boss just bought…
- Beach body ready? The beach has been ready for four billion years. It isn't…
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
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