ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch.
Quiet budgeting is going anyway, checking your balance in the car and moving retirement to 79.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Dress for the job you want. The job you have will see you in…
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
SEND ME ONE DEPRESSING THOUGHT EVERY MORNING
One quote. Every morning. Delivered before coffee, when you are weakest and the day has not yet had the chance to disappoint you itself.
No spam. Just disappointment. Unsubscribe whenever you regain hope.