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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life.
Someone will close them after the funeral. Unread.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- The best time to start saving was twenty years ago. The second-best time was…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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