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SUNDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 1962
The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday.
Forty replies. Four mention you. None kindly.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Good things come to those who wait. You waited so long they went to…
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- Rise and grind. Your teeth have been grinding all night. Your dentist bought a…
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
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