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SATURDAY, 16 MAY 2009
You say you're "an old soul".
You're 21. The only old thing about you is your phone's battery health.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- You got the ick because they ran for a bus. You've been single three…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
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