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FRIDAY, 23 JULY 2004
You bought the yoga mat.
The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible, more mindful and better liked.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You are a valued member of the team. So was the last person in…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
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