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SATURDAY, 12 OCTOBER 1991
Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort.
Mostly explaining it at parties to people backing away.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Think outside the box. The box had the budget. You're out here with a…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
- You said "that's so me" about a horoscope. It also described 600 million other…
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