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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner.
You'll eat standing up for eighteen years. Then sit down and forget how.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- You film "Sunday reset" videos. By Tuesday your room has reset itself, to Saturday.
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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