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DAILY DEMOTIVATION

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

ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION TUESDAY, 14 JANUARY 2020
“I'm here for the right reasons.”
The reasons are a teeth-whitening deal and a fake tan.

— Zack, unqualified

VERIFIED
UNHELPFUL

PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE

  1. Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
  2. Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
  3. You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
  4. Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
  5. Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
  6. Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
  7. You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…

THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR

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