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MONDAY, 20 MAY 1985
The best time to start saving was twenty years ago.
The second-best time was also twenty years ago. You missed both.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- Your squad misses you, says the notification. Your squad is four strangers and a…
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
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