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How To Completely Ruin Your Life

The original series: sixty rules for the worst version of you, across four volumes. The series is claimed with an email address — Volume I remains the lab's most-cited publication.

The Original
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The Original

Rules 01–15
Fifteen foundational rules. The obvious mistakes rendered in loving detail that makes you put down the book and stare at the ceiling.
34 pages · 01–15 rules
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You’re Still At It
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You’re Still At It

Rules 16–30
The sophisticated mistakes. The ones that look like the right thing. Making self-improvement your personality. Never finishing anything.
32 pages · 16–30 rules
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The Final Descent
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The Final Descent

Rules 31–45
Not habits — the internal architecture underneath them. Resentment as a steering wheel. Comfort confused for happiness.
34 pages · 31–45 rules
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The Relapse
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The Relapse

Rules 46–60
For everyone who changed. And then quietly changed back. The rules that only appear once you have already started to grow.
34 pages · 46–60 rules
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