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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2010
The hardest part of working out is getting started.
You've made sure it stays the hardest part.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- You bought the yoga mat. The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible,…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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