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DAILY DEMOTIVATION

A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.

ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION THURSDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2013
Growing old is mandatory.
Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later. Nothing happened.

— Zack, unqualified

VERIFIED
UNHELPFUL

PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE

  1. You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
  2. Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
  3. You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
  4. Every subscription you forgot about still thinks of you monthly. That's more than your…
  5. Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
  6. Lessons will be learned. By whom, and when, will also be learned. Eventually. Possibly.
  7. Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…

THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR

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