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THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER 1992
You're "on a gap year".
It's your third.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- No pain, no gain. You chose neither. Your heart has noted it in your…
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