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WEDNESDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2025
Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort.
Mostly explaining it at parties to people backing away.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- You manifested your dream job. The universe received the request, checked your CV and…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
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