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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 25 JUNE 2000
Wisdom comes with age.
So does standing on the landing with no idea why you came upstairs, or exist.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
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- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
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