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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 21 JANUARY 2019
Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year.
Nobody noticed you were gone.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
- Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years. He has, however, given…
- Age is just a number. So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Skipping your daily coffee won't buy you a house. Nothing will. Have the coffee.
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