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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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Doom spending is buying a heated eye mask because the news was bad.
The news is still bad. Your eyes are warmer. So is your overdraft.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
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- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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