ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Nobody notices when you do your job well.
Everyone notices when you leave at 5:01. Your retirement will get a shorter email.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You are exactly where you're meant to be. That should frighten you more than…
- The best time to start saving was twenty years ago. The second-best time was…
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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