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TUESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 1968
You "work best under pressure".
You don't. You just only work under pressure.
— Zack, unqualified
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- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- They're on a comeback tour. It's the fourth. They have never been anywhere long…
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
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