Plan withholdings and estimated payments. Cosplaying as a victim of April every year is just refusal to read a calendar.
Plan withholdings; do not cosplay victimhood.
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Your salary is a drug
Own assets or stay rented forever.
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Do the math; sometimes renting keeps you free.
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Stress-test payments at unemployment rates.
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Buy reliable used; invest the lease difference.