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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2009
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
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
- Hard work pays off eventually. It's paying off right now. Your boss just bought…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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