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MONDAY, 15 DECEMBER 1958
You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something.
It landed. Enjoy that. It's the last thing this week that will.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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