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THURSDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2025
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That's more than your friends manage.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending…
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
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