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SATURDAY, 1 MAY 2010
Life is short.
A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post office queue.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Skipping your daily coffee won't buy you a house. Nothing will. Have the coffee.
- Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. Your overdraft found it first.…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
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