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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 11 JUNE 2006
A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway.
Written down first, so the guilt has paperwork.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The council listened to your feedback. Then it did the thing anyway, but with…
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You said you "thrive in a fast-paced environment". It took you three days to…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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