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Philosophy

Only the good die young

My high school senior quote was "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints." A nod to my just-rebellious-enough streak at a conservative Catholic high school, it was my favorite line from "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel--a...
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And all good things are yours

I try to make gratitude a habit: to write down the things that I'm grateful for in a notebook and tell the people I love that I love them and to send thank-you notes in the mail. I want to make it something of the everyday instead of just a...
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Notes on sonder

The other day, a friend posted a definition of sonder on his Facebook page: "n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited...
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If you want to travel the world

The email I often find in my inbox goes a little something like this: I'm unhappy/bored/trapped in my current lifestyle. I want to travel the world. How did you do it? How can I do it? For the sake of efficiency and maybe for everyone else who's...
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Notes on going home with someone new

Since I moved to New York City, I haven't gone home for Thanksgiving or Christmas or my birthday: the flights are expensive, the airports are crowded, the weather can be harsh. Instead, I've made the journey west in late spring or early fall:...
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