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DAILY DEMOTIVATION

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

ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION TUESDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 2016
Your therapist said set boundaries.
You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m. to explain it for forty minutes.

— Zack, unqualified

VERIFIED
UNHELPFUL

PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE

  1. Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
  2. You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
  3. You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
  4. They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
  5. You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
  6. Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
  7. Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…

THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR

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