13. Analog and Digital Chores: I know, I suck at life.

You say you’ll do it. Then, you don’t.

You say, give me another chance—this weekend, I promise!—and then you don’t do it again. This perpetual disappointment can be frustrating for you, your coworkers, your friends, and the people you love.

But don’t feel bad. I understand. Call it privileged. Call it entitled. A lot of us can actually relate to you.

After all, your excuse is the number-one self-reported reason why nearly 70 percent of Australian women aren’t doing what they want to in life,1 why Michigan teens haven’t gotten a driver’s license,2 why overstressed Americans don’t deal with their stress,3 and it’s even the most self-reported reason why nearly 60 percent of men in the UK don’t ...

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