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SATURDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2023
"It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English.
It will be only Monday every week for the rest of your working life.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- Think outside the box. The box had the budget. You're out here with a…
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- They're taking time away from social media. You know because they posted about it…
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
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