ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
You said "it's giving" about your own life.
It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent arrears. It's giving a group chat that muted you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- The best time to start saving was twenty years ago. The second-best time was…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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