ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch.
Quiet budgeting is going anyway, checking your balance in the car and moving retirement to 79.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
- You left them on read "to be mysterious". They didn't notice. They were also…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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