How Chilling on My Couch Keeps Me Skinny (or Using a Buffer to Do Difficult Things)

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People think I have endless willpower and discipline. They consider my strict diet and consistent exercise regimen, and my ambitious professional and personal pursuits, and they think I’m just exceptionally driven. But I’d argue my propensity for achievement is less about tenacity and more about creative problem solving. I’m good at recognizing true barriers to […]

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How Twitter Reveals What You Should Do With Your Life

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Raise your hand if you’re in a quarterlife crisis. My whole fuggin heart goes out to you, hand-raiser. I’m recovering from my own four-month-long quarterlife crisis [edited 5/23: LOLZ just kidding the crisis wasn’t over and resurfaced in full-force soon after this post published. I’m annoyed every time I see the “four-month-long” part…], during which […]

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Why Millennials Must Stop Talking to Their Parents About Their Careers

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The birth years of millennials, or Gen Y, is apparently something experts can’t agree on. Being born between 1977 and 1994 is one of the widest ranges I found that qualifies a person, and it’s what I’m going with here. This would make me a millennial. *** My parents are the best human beings to […]

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