Many of us have learned to automate parts of our lives to guard against our common proclivity to forget stuff, procrastinate and yes, succumb to sheer laziness.

You’re young. You’re only on your second job but you’re doing well. You just moved into a great apartment downtown (ok, it’s with three other roommates). You finally have some spending money to spare.

In the immortal words of Benjamin Franklin: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." We wish you all long and prosperous lives, so we’ll only be discussing your taxes today.

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If you left your wallet in an Uber with $500 in it, wouldn’t you try to get it back?  Turns out that’s not what many millennials are doing when they switch jobs.