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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 1956
Treat yourself, they said.
You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every one.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
- 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.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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