ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort.
Mostly explaining it at parties to people backing away.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- You're "healing your inner child". Your inner child is fine. It's your outer adult…
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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