{"id":119540,"date":"2014-12-28T14:05:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=119540"},"modified":"2014-12-28T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T14:05:11","slug":"shantanu-starick-how-i-went-two-years-without-spending-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=119540","title":{"rendered":"Shantanu Starick: How I Went Two Years Without Spending Any Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/112712949\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Creatives are rewarded for being specialized: a wedding photographer makes more money than a just a plain photographer. So why aren\u2019t the jack-of-all-trades rewarded? 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