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Career Knowledge Learning Life

Dropping Out of Grad School [The First Time] Is the Best Decision I’ve Ever Made

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I’m fortunate to be in the midst of a relatively successful career. And my college major has nothing to do with it.

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Life

Acquiring Someone’s Phone Number – a Window into a Stranger’s Life

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I started a new job last summer and one of the perks/drawbacks was a company iPhone.

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Life Nostalgia

Our Memories Lie to Us

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“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.”

― Marcel Proust

In a world of fake news, alternative facts, skewed polls, and misremembered anecdotes, it can sometimes be difficult to know what is real and what is not.

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Cooking Fatherhood Learning Life

Slow Cooker Sundays

There’s something special about a Sunday dinner.

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Life

Thoughts on Failing

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It doesn’t take much to feel like a failure.

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Lessons Life Money

A Story of How My 401(k) was Lost, then Doubled, then Negative – all in a Week [Updated]

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Most financial advisors tell you that when you leave a job, don’t forget to take your 401(k) with you.

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America Lessons Life

Symbolism is Valued Over Action Because It’s Just Easier

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The world if full of tangled, complex issues that need time and cooperation to sort out.

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Lessons Life

My Turn to (Almost) Get Screwed by the System

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Has a huge corporation ever tried to screw you over?

Odds are, the answer to that question is yes.

I recently had it happen to me. Here’s my story.

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Lessons Life Opinion

Just Let People Like What They Like

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I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to things I enjoy.

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Life Opinion

Whether Online or Off, We All Live in Our Own Little Bubble

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We are all completely consumed by our own little self-obsessed worlds.