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SATURDAY, 22 JUNE 2024
A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph.
The photo will outlast your sanity.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Tomorrow is a fresh start. Your problems have the new address. They've already moved…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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