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TUESDAY, 9 JANUARY 1979
You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up.
Eleven kilometres later you'd caught three pigeons, a cold and a physio waiting list that will outlive the app.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- Dress for the job you want. The job you have will see you in…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- Dress for the job you want. The job you have will see you in…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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