ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
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
- You bought the yoga mat. The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible,…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Wealth is built slowly. Debt is built quickly. And it's hereditary.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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