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MONDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 1963
No pain, no gain.
You chose neither. Your heart has noted it in your file.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
- You bought the yoga mat. The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible,…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- You went "no contact" with your ex. You still check their Spotify. They're listening…
- A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph. The photo…
- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
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