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“That there is only one correct way to live, and that the path through life must be the same for everyone. In my opinion, the only ‘wrong’ way to live is one where you intentionally harm others. And life’s path is not linear and even. It jumps, dips, climbs, plateaus, curves, stagnates, and is unpredictable. We put so much pressure on people to graduate at 18, move out, go to college, get the perfectly respectable 9–5 corporate job, get married, buy a house, get a pet, and have kids.”
“All before your prefrontal cortex is fully developed! Then, stay at the job, sacrifice all sense of self ‘for your kids’ (I’m a parent who loves kids, but I am still me!), stay at the same job forever, climb the ladder and never be happy where you’re at, retire at 65, travel, and then settle in to die at 70. Nonsense!”
—ehch
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