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THURSDAY, 12 AUGUST 2021
"It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English.
It will be only Monday every week for the rest of your working life.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Step outside your comfort zone. It's raining out there, everything costs more, and nobody…
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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