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In our culture, exhaustion is often celebrated as a badge of honor. Black women who skimp on sleep thinking they’re making money in the short term are only setting themselves up for a financial downfall in the smallest and biggest of ways.
Sleep, not sacrifice, is the cheat code for financial success.
Exhaustion As The New Normal
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