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DAILY DEMOTIVATION

A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.

ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION MONDAY, 4 APRIL 1966
You said you're "so busy" this week.
Your screen time says eleven hours a day. Busy is one word for it. Scrolling is the other.

— Zack, unqualified

VERIFIED
UNHELPFUL

PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE

  1. Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
  2. The bins are now fortnightly. The council tax is still monthly.
  3. Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
  4. Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
  5. Nothing says adulthood like being excited about a new kettle. The kettle will outlast…
  6. Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
  7. Every birthday is a gift. The gift is one fewer birthday.

THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR

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