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3 days ago2025: The Year I Got a Book Deal and Forgot How to Golf
2025 was...fine? In personal finance land, the S&P 500 is up about 17% this year, interest rates for borrowers have come down, and everyone seems cautiously optimistic in a way that still indicates this pit in our stomachs that it's all going to come crashing down. Layoffs have slowed, and dinner-party conversations are drifting back toward "so what are you working on?" instead of "are you okay?"
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