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FRIDAY, 22 MAY 1987
Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending in y, right up until the all-hands where they mention you in the past tense.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- Some people run marathons. You run late, and you still come last.
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- You'll leave your children everything you have. It's mostly a bread maker and an…
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