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How many of you have an impossible decision to make? People tell me that they want to start a business, but their spouse / parents / friends don’t approve or support them. People tell me that they are going to school to be a lawyer to please their parents, even though they know it means [...]

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I know what it’s like to not have a job for long periods of time (3+ months). It’s boring first of all. Second of all, it’s depressing as hell. I’m a college grad, from a top 20 school, with a “real” degree (biology), and I speak Chinese.  You’d think that would matter. In any case [...]

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Ambition is a mental illness. It will not make you any more successful than anyone else. And it definitely will not make you any happier. For many years, I was that typical “ambitious” type. You know, I started stuff. I got good grades. I didn’t waste my time. I wanted to “change the world.” I [...]

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Tell me how familiar this story is. You’re a student or working. Then you go on a vacation somewhere awesome. 2 weeks later you come back to “reality.” For the next 3 months you dream about how to escape your “reality” daily. Then you forget about the trip. A year later, you travel again, and [...]

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The irony of long-term travelers is that despite all the people they meet and the places they go, they’re often some of the loneliest souls in the bar. ————————- No where feels like home to me. The past few years have kind of been a whirlwind – when I get unhappy or don’t feel like [...]

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