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TUESDAY, 14 JANUARY 1975
Your step counter used to set goals.
Now it just sends "Hello?" like a relative checking you're still alive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- Monday is a perfectly normal day. You've got about two thousand more of them.…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
- Core collaboration days started as Tuesday. They now include Wednesday, Thursday, a Friday that's…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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