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[shipra @shipranotes]

"People are frugal with their money, but reckless with their time."

Seneca once said that people will guard their money with their life, but throw away their time without a second thought.

Nothing is more expensive than the "free" things that rob you of your focus.

[Stijn Noorman @stijnnoorman]

Major cheat code for life: Plan tomorrow before you go to bed. Decide what matters. Write down your first action. Prepare your environment. Wake up knowing exactly what to do. Stop wasting your best mental energy deciding how to spend it.

[Laura Matsue @lauramatsue]

Stop frying your brain with endless short form content. Read long, complicated, books. Especially novels. Cultivate the ability to think deeply. To focus for long periods. Stare into space and enjoy boredom. Do tasks without any media playing in the background. Resist the urge to reach for your phone every time you feel uncomfortable. Get used to being with uncomfortable emotions instead. Wonder and think about the questions you have instead of asking AI. Become deeply present with everyone around you. Your ability to focus, pay attention, to think deeply, is one of your most valuable assets. Reclaim the immense beauty of experiencing your life directly instead of living it through a screen.

[Beesus @Lord_Beesus]

In America they mock you for being financially responsible

[Saritha Komatireddy @sarithaforny]

The Attorney General is OBSESSED with national politics.

I’m focused on the safety of New Yorkers, and I always will be.

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

Literally not what he’s saying at all. He says that higher gas prices are a small price to pay because it would be a bad thing if Iran took out LA or San Diego with a nuclear weapon. The Kamala HQ nerds are still the most dishonest purveyors of slop who have ever lived.

[Mogul And They Know That @waymoflydenu]

Using an app to help you pay your bills is ridiculous. Develop your own system and stop being lazy.

[Saritha Komatireddy @sarithaforny]

Locked shelves. Closed stores. Higher prices. Failed leadership. 

As Attorney General, I’ll crack down on organized retail theft to make New York safer and more affordable.

[Revenge Of The Dark Skin Lame @uchihakneega]

This bitches are mentally ill. I can’t take it no more lmao. 😭 Do they even logically think about what they say?

[🍸🐆 @itscelyunique]

nyc housing connect should only be for people with new york birth certificates

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

You could move to New York City.

Rent an 852-square-foot apartment for $5,503 a month.

Blow $500 on three “first dates” a week and somehow remain single for six years.

Finally meet someone you like, then discover they’re “not really looking for anything serious right now.”

Get a master’s degree so you can qualify for an internship.

Apply to 147 jobs, get 93 automated rejections, and finally find an “entry-level” position requiring five years of experience.

Eventually land a six-figure job and still need a roommate to make rent.

Pay federal income tax, New York State income tax, AND New York City income tax because apparently living there is a three-level subscription.

Learn that a “quiet neighborhood” means the sirens only come by every 20 minutes.

Pay $27 every day for a sandwich (no sides) because the place has exposed brick and a handwritten menu.

Take the subway to work every morning and develop the useful skill of pretending not to notice absolutely anything happening around you.

Spend 45 minutes traveling three miles.

Carry your groceries home six blocks because parking near your apartment is more of a philosophical concept than an actual possibility.

Have “owning a washer and dryer” become one of your primary measures of generational wealth.

Walk past a mountain of trash bags on your way to a restaurant with a Michelin star.

Tell your friends back home you don’t need a car while spending $46 on an Uber because the subway is delayed again.

Go to Central Park when you want to remember what trees look like.

Spend your twenties telling everyone you could NEVER live anywhere else.

Then one day you visit your cousin in Iowa.

He has a house with four bedrooms, a garage, a yard, two cars, four kids, and somehow pays less than you do for the apartment where your refrigerator touches your couch.

But hey.

The NYC bagels are incredible.

[illwill @79illwill]

Influencer culture is gonna have a lot of people in their 40s-60s with no job skills, job experience or retirement accounts. Winter is coming.

[luca @waynesfury]

he’s coming for that best actor nomination next year no matter what

[foley (follard) @follard]

Living in a major city is a privilege and not a right.

Somewhere along the way we lost the plot and started treating a NYC zip code the way we treat a $1,000 iPhone. Like it is something we are all supposed to have.

There are thousands of cities in this country with great food, solid jobs, and houses you can actually afford. People complain about rent in a city they can barely survive in rather than move somewhere that increases their chance of building wealth.

Some of the homes I build are in markets most people have never heard of. The cost of living in these places actually lets families get ahead. That is the part of America nobody talks about.

[John Fadule @fadule_]

-don’t watch Euphoria
-don’t call your girlfriend your “partner”
-don’t own a dog under 50lbs
-lift weights
-go for walks
-don’t follow Instagram models
-don’t cheat on your girlfriend
-stay up til 2AM with your girlfriend’s dad on Christmas Eve watching Saving Private Ryan
-call your friends for no reason
-treat customer service employees kindly
-buy drinks for people without expecting one in return
-take random moments throughout your week to be grateful for your health

[Ayman Al-Abdullah 🧱 @aymanalabdul]

The saddest guy in every city is 38, balding, still in the club at 2am trying to feel 22.

The light in his eyes are gone.

Chasing cheap dopamine instead of building something real.

Alison Armstrong calls it the Knight to King transition.

Knights conquer. They want the city, the chaos, all of it. To a Knight wired for adventure? A suburb is torture.

And look, I get it. I grew up in Miami and was in clubs from 14-24. That season of my my life was incredible.

But eventually you’re ready to plant your flag. You’re ready to build your Kingdom.

Thriving career and sick office. Backyard full of kids, garage full of golf clubs and hunting gear, home gym, bonfires with your community. A smoking hot wife that cooks like a Michelin chef. An epic vacation with your fam on the calendar. That's your kingdom.

If you do it right, both chapters are amazing.

Just don’t stay in one forever.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

You can tell a lot about a person by how they react when someone dies.

[Cielo 🇺🇸🇵🇷 @CieloBonit]

The biggest conspiracy is why George Farmer, a wealthy, handsome young man, part of the British aristocracy and the only son of Michael Farmer—a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom and the only heir to his father’s over $500 million fortune—decided to marry Candace Owens, whom he had only known for a few weeks before the marriage. Why? Make it make sense.

[𝕾𝖎𝖗 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 @eagleseyeinc]

cut out porn

& anything that dulls your focus

buy new basics esp your underwears

keep your haircut consistently sharp

shower daily

sometimes thrice if your day demands it

build a clean wardrobe: a few solid polos, well fitted shirts and good pants

own footwear for different settings

use fragrance daily: at least one reliable everyday scent and if you can, one standout signature cologne

maintain your hygiene: deodorant, oral care twice daily, tongue cleaning before you go to bed

first thing in the morning activate your body with a few push-ups

always use the restroom before stepping out everyday

dress well regardless of the occasion, appearance is a silent proof of capacity

and above all, love god

save this, reflect on it and apply it consistently, you can thank me later

[¥ @laylanaiim]

Please develop a hobby outside of monitoring other people's existence.