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Daniel Nest's avatar

Pro tip: If you cook your ramen noodles inside a squishy water balloon, you can make your money stretch even longer.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Mmmmmmm..... rubber ramen....

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

Time, the ultimate constraint. I have stories of squeezing too hard (STRESS!), and what explodes out of stress balls is not water

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Yeah, time is the mother of them all. Energy and initiative might be like her children.

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Rabbi Eli L. Garfinkel's avatar

My squishy balloon is time. There’s no way to make more, but there are infinite ways to waste it.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Same!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Money is still my squishy balloon.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

I'm grateful to have my basic needs met, but I find myself still squishing finances around all the time. There are still lots of trade-offs, but at least the stress level is lower now than it used to be.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

If I can finally get the full-time job I’ve been looking for for several years, the financial situation will improve.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

I wish I could help in some tangible way, but I will nevertheless send some good vibes out there for you!

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