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MONDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2022
Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious.
Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it to Tuesday.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
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