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Should I Cancel All My Subscriptions? I've Done This Three Times This Year.

· money
Sunday afternoon. I'd been doing this thing I do when I'm anxious — the thing where I open my bank app and scroll through the recurring charges like I'm going to find a leak I have...
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Should I Go to a Wedding I Don't Want to Attend? The RSVP Is Due Friday.

· relationship
The invitation arrived six weeks ago. Nice card stock. A date I already had circled for something else, though I couldn't tell you what. It's from someone I used to be close to — b...
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Should I Move to a New Apartment? I Got Approved and Then Froze.

· life
I'd been browsing apartment listings the way some people scroll — mindlessly, at 1am, my thumb doing the work while my brain was somewhere else. The place I'm in now is fine. It's ...
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Should I Unfollow Them? My Thumb's Been Hovering for Two Weeks.

· relationship
It's not an ex. It's not even someone I dislike. It's a person I used to be close to, and now their posts show up in my feed like a slow drip of a life I'm not in anymore. The new ...
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Should I Take On That Extra Project? I Said Yes Before I'd Decided.

· career
It wasn't a promotion. It wasn't more money. It was one of those asks that gets framed as an opportunity but is really just — more. More work, same title, same pay, and a vague pro...
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Should I Go to the Office Party? I've Dreaded It Longer Than It Lasts.

· career
The email went out three weeks ago. "Save the date." Team dinner. A bar I've been to once, for exactly this kind of thing, and swore I'd never go back for. The invite's been sittin...
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Should I Tell My Friend I Can't Be Her Bridesmaid? My Mouth Said Yes First.

· relationship
The text was: "SO. I have something to ask you. Call me when you're free??"
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Should I Keep Lending Money to My Friend? He's Asked Six Times.

· money
Phone buzzes. WhatsApp.
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Should I Reply to the Recruiter? I Couldn't Open It and Couldn't Delete It.

· career
LinkedIn notification. Tuesday afternoon. I almost swiped it away — I swipe away most of them. Generic messages from people who clearly haven't read my profile. "Impressed by your ...
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Should I Delete Social Media? I've Deleted It Five Times.

· life
Sunday night. 11:47pm. Been scrolling for — actually I don't want to know how long. Long enough that my thumb hurts. Long enough that I've seen seventeen people I barely know doing...
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