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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 30 APRIL 1999
You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast.
Combined monthly income: $14. Combined listeners: your nan, twice, by accident.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- No pain, no gain. You chose neither. Your heart has noted it in your…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- Good things come to those who wait. You waited so long they went to…
- You film "Sunday reset" videos. By Tuesday your room has reset itself, to Saturday.
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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