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THURSDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2021
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
You took it in 2016. You've been sitting down since.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
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