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When you see me sitting on the bus staring at my phone, rather than reading the paper or talking to my friend, don’t be disappointed, because I’m very likely doing that exact thing, but through the magic of technology.

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Maybe instead of trying so desperately to find our purpose, we need to simply focus on living purposefully.

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When you see me sitting on the bus staring at my phone, rather than reading the paper or talking to my friend, don’t be disappointed, because I’m very likely doing that exact thing, but through the magic of technology.

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She was a product of an era that encouraged children to dream big and shoot high, but which gave them no clear path that enabled success.

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You have two favorite types of writings: lists and personal essays.

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Could cooking be as easy as they make it look in my Facebook newsfeed?

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When she gets upset, tell her she’s “being extra.” Side note: it just means you’re overreacting, which she will do after about 2 or 3 of these terms.

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When she gets upset, tell her she’s “being extra.” Side note: it just means you’re overreacting, which she will do after about 2 or 3 of these terms.

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They are fed up with sacrificing their values just to pursue profit over purpose, external measures of success over internal values of success, the soulless pursuits over the soulful, and someone else’s approval over their own fulfillment.

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While these milestones are absolutely markers of success and adulthood for some and completely lovely and exciting times in many people’s lives, why does this have to be all there is to say we’ve “made it” as adults?