Adulting: Sell Your Soul for a Weekend That Never Comes

What lie do you tell yourself to get through the week? I lie to myself every damn Monday like it’s some sacred ritual. I tell myself “this grind matters.” I spin that worn-out wheel of bullshit about “worth it” and “cool weekend plans” like I’m handing myself a participation trophy in a race I don’t even want to run anymore. I swear I’ll do things. I’ll go outside. I’ll live. I’ll almost certainly regret every second of work I just slogged through, but by golly, the […]

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monday status: coffee’s cold, code’s broken, and I’ve already googled why won’t it work 10 times...feels like I’m bench pressing bugs today. #mondaygrind #programmerlife

@kindcat It is true, we can only go up from here. #mondaygrind #alwaysimproving