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Then, in January, Otter said she received two pay stubs but never got her salary.

There are pay stubs where rap sheets used to be, text threads that start with the question “You good?” at 3:17 a.m., and apartment keys handed over when a kid can’t go home.

She asked her sister in Mumbai to print a few documents she might need at immigration—a letter of employment and pay stubs—and to meet her at the airport.

When you touch a hot pan, stub your toe, or bump your head, your nervous system instantly delivers an “Ow!” that prompts you to pull back before more damage occurs.

Tags, receipts, ticket stubs, candy wrappers, even junk mail — they’re all gold for a junk journal.