ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
It's not a career ladder.
It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn and more endorsements than you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
- Things will look better in the morning. No. They'll just be better lit.
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Core collaboration days started as Tuesday. They now include Wednesday, Thursday, a Friday that's…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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