The Drawbacks Tee

The Drawbacks Tee

Arnold Bennett, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (1908)

"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."

Arnold Bennett wrote How to Live on 24 Hours a Day as one of the earliest self-help manuals. He's not interested in pep talks. He tells the truth: even good change hurts a little. Drawbacks and discomforts show up even when you're doing the right thing.

This isn't a t-shirt. It's the admission fee for progress.

Design — "The Admission"

• Any sits as a whisper above the rule—soft start.
• CHANGE dominates the center in all caps with an underline.
• "even a change for the better" drops below in lighter tracked caps—the gentle clause that acknowledges why you're doing it.
• "is always accompanied by" sits in small type; then drawbacks and discomforts land in bold italic.

Cotton Details

• 100% combed ring-spun cotton (Bella + Canvas 3001)
• 4.2 oz/yd² fabric—light, breathable, easy to layer
• Airlume knit + side seams keep the horizontal rule from warping
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping keeps the collar flat while you ride out the discomfort

Product Specs

• Retail-fit unisex tee with set-in sleeves
• Ribbed collar, pre-shrunk fabric
• Machine wash cold, tumble dry low
• Quoteiac logo on sleeve

Who It's For

People mid-pivot. Entrepreneurs dismantling something that used to work. Leaders breaking habits. Anyone who needs permission to admit that better ≠ effortless.

Wear your admission.

The same admission is in The Drawbacks Journal — for when you need to write through it rather than wear it.

Also on The Sacred Enclosure Tee — Bennett on the sovereignty of your own mind.

Arnold Bennett, in Plain English

• English novelist and essayist (1867–1931)
• How to Live on 24 Hours a Day was a productivity manual before the genre existed
• Famous for balancing pragmatism with empathy—he won't coddle you, but he doesn’t lie either

Size Chart (Bella + Canvas)