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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Having savings is nice. Living off them is terrifying. Having a safety net is nice. Sitting there tweeting on it is terrifying.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

Maybe there’s a useful distinction between “emergency fund”/“safety net” and savings/checkpoints. The second one you’re actually meant to live off of.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

How to responsibly care for yourself while not living in a perpetual middle-class-traumatised “can’t cash in savings” mode of being. https://t.co/OB03LCyb6d

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Nick@nickcammarata• about 4 years ago

If I had to write the Harvard entrance speech (or places like it) I’d just say “being here for one day has already given you 99% of the status boost graduating will. So you’re free now, unchained from status incentives. Make really really really sure you actually want to be here”

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

Some savings you build to cash in. If you never use them, you are, like the miser who keeps his best clothes hidden in a closet, confused. https://t.co/fULSYfHnPZ

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

If you ever have a choice, wear your best clothes first, because by the time you get to the others, you may have found a laundry machine, or acquired even better ones. This is a principle for life.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

Savings are meant to be cashed in.

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9/6/2021