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
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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