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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 1971
You say you're "an old soul".
You're 21. The only old thing about you is your phone's battery health.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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