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FRIDAY, 31 OCTOBER 1986
You're ageing like a fine wine.
Expensive, slightly sour, best kept in the dark, away from people.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You moneymaxxed so hard this month you earned $4.80 in cashback. It cost three…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Disrupt the industry. The industry will disrupt you back, then buy your logo for…
- A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph. The photo…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
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