ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Your Candy Crush streak is on day 212.
The game hasn't been fun since day 30. The streak doesn't care.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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