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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 25 AUGUST 1981
Doom spending is buying a heated eye mask because the news was bad.
The news is still bad. Your eyes are warmer. So is your overdraft.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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