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I _______________ them all, and I hope they meet a _______________ demise
emotion adjective
choking on a platter of their own ___________________________________.
(Applebee's appetizer)
This ___________________ catharsis made me feel _____________________
adjective smiley emotion
and strangely alone, simultaneously. How can I connect with these

___________________ I am surrounded by on a daily basis? I am just so sick of
herd animals

___________________ in the ___________________ every day . . . Maybe it would
synonym for "crying" part of your house
help if I shoved a fistful of ___________________ into my ___________________. It
vegetables bodily orifice
makes my heart ___________________ when I see the defeat in my parents'
verb
___________________ and it becomes ___________________ clear that they love the
body parts adverb
___________________ more than ___________________ . . . Maybe I should
type of car sibling's name
stab my ___________________ with a ___________________,
genitalia sharp object
Today I have decided to buy a ___________________, which will serve as a
noun
___________________ and as a ___________________ symbol for the ___________________-
metaphor timeless adjective expletive
faced servitude I am bound to in this life . . . no more in control than

the most ___________________-minded of ___________________ . I am trying
adjective farm animals
desperately to ___________________ myself from ___________________ all of my
"st__p" active violent act
co-workers . . . except ___________________ . I've always wanted to
person in the room
___________________ him/her/it. I didn't ask to be ___________________.
forceful sexual act verb

Some jobs are simply beyond repair.

Improvements would be like adding a set of designer curtains to a jail cell: better but far from good. In the context of this chapter, "job" will refer to both a company if you run one and a normal job if you have one. Some recommendations are limited to one of the two but most are relevant to both. So we begin.

I have quit three jobs and been fired from most of the rest. Getting fired, despite sometimes coming as a surprise and leaving you scrambling to recover, is often a godsend: Someone else makes the decision for you, and it's impossible to sit in the wrong job for the rest of your life. Most people aren't lucky enough to get fired and die a slow spiritual death over 30–40 years of tolerating the mediocre.

Pride and Punishment

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

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