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Rediscovering '90s Vibes: Why Adulting Feels Like Déjà Vu 30 years later
Figuring out what to do and discovering what to treasure
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Daphne Berryhill
Does everything need to be wrapped in a story?
Finding Meaning Beyond the Narrative: When everything becomes a story, how do you know what’s real anymore?
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Self-storage: A perfect "temporary" solution
Keep or toss: Decluttering becomes harder when you're holding on to stuff across generations. And harder when each thing brings old memories that stay…
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Gen X Health: What the hell is happening?
Get-real approaches to coping with anxiety over getting sick and growing older. Plus, why should "staying healthy" be all on me, you, or anyone else?
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Why turning 50 made me cry, and no I don't want to be young again
I was excited about turning 50, until I did. Why do I feel stuck in a floaty boat feeling more connected to places
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Why Gen X Needs to Lead Now, Before Time Runs Out
"Beverly Hills, 90210" nostalgia and why it's time for a generational change in leadership
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Feeling alone at the cafeteria Catholic table
Growing divisions feel arbitrary, political, and even mean. Why do differences need to divide people and families into what feels like separate planets?
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Why do other people tell your story first?
After a panic attack at the doctor's office five years ago, I knew I needed to untangle my story from my family's and tell it as my own.
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7 lessons from the '70s to stay chill today
Sometimes, going backward can help you see ahead. And I just know I need some of that easy, peaceful '70s feeling to help me find a way forward now.
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One and the same with your mom—why is separation so hard?
When a parent has a much harder start to life than you, there’s a gift in that: perspective. But it can also make hard things harder to say.
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Staying Alive Inside While Feeling Dead to the World
A too-much tipping point is closer than you think and anyone can end up on it.
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Late '90s look behind the Walgreens counter on Chicago's North Shore
Walgreens was emblematic of major problems in the larger work culture and a professional ethos of staying compliant, agreeable, and always businesslike.
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Daphne Berryhill
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