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MONDAY, 15 JANUARY 1979
Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been quiet".
You weren't. You were just talking to nobody.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- You can't take money with you when you go. Your direct debits, however, will…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
- You left them on read "to be mysterious". They didn't notice. They were also…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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