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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Kids grow up so fast.
Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and you age a decade.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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