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Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen.
It will still be on that wall long after your name is off the door.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- 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…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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