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DAILY DEMOTIVATION

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

ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION MONDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 1973
The retirement age goes up a year every time you check.
It's not a finish line. It's a horizon.

— Zack, unqualified

VERIFIED
UNHELPFUL

PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE

  1. You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
  2. Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
  3. "Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel. You'll…
  4. Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
  5. Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
  6. You film "Sunday reset" videos. By Tuesday your room has reset itself, to Saturday.
  7. Fortnite was free to play. It was not free to stop.

THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR

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