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MONDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2000
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.
They were picked first. You're what was left.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
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