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TUESDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 1981
A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph.
The photo will outlast your sanity.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The consultation runs for twelve weeks. The decision was made in week zero.
- The retirement age goes up a year every time you check. It's not a…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years. He has, however, given…
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
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