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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress".
It said the same when you opened it by accident. It'll keep saying it after you've gone, if nobody cancels the subscription.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
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- Parenthood is a long journey from "mama" to "can you send money" to them…
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- You're ageing like a fine wine. Expensive, slightly sour, best kept in the dark,…
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
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