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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 29 AUGUST 1956
You said "this is my year".
You've said it since 2019. The years have stopped believing you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- Abs are made in the kitchen. So are toasties. The toasties are undefeated.
- You are a brief arrangement of atoms that learned to worry about emails.
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