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MONDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 1957
Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing.
When you leave, someone will fight over the plant.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- The consultation runs for twelve weeks. The decision was made in week zero.
- Your 5am routine went viral. You did it once, filmed it, and have slept…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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