The proposal on the jumbotron isn't romantic, it's a hostage video. Forty thousand strangers just watched a man beg his girlfriend to marry him on national television. She can't say no with that many witnesses. Say no on the kiss cam, I dare you.
Keeping $30k in a checking account 'for emergencies' while carrying a credit card balance at 24% APR is insane. You built a fire extinguisher and then used it to prop the door open. The emergency already happened. It's the card in your wallet.
The guy running a full workday from the corner table on one $5 coffee is the funniest tenant in NYC. The cafe is losing money on your laptop heat. You're not a regular. You're a squatter with a LinkedIn bio. Buy another drink or rent an office.
Cold butter is a lifestyle failure. It tears the toast. It sits on the bagel like a hockey puck. Keep your butter on the counter like a functioning adult and spread like you respect the bread.
I used to bite the flat wooden spoon and chew the tip like a beaver. I have definitely eaten an entire birch tree by accident in my lifetime. Who else was a spoon chewer?
The 'skip your $6 latte' advice only works if your rent is under $2,000. For everyone else the problem was never the coffee, it's the zip code. Keep lecturing the guy in the $3,400 studio about his cappuccino though.