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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 12 OCTOBER 1985
A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway.
Written down first, so the guilt has paperwork.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- The consultation runs for twelve weeks. The decision was made in week zero.
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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