ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Growing old is mandatory.
Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later. Nothing happened.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You don't skip leg day. You skip every day. The legs know. The legs…
- Monday is a perfectly normal day. You've got about two thousand more of them.…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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