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Superhero Suit Not Included
If you could go back in time and give your younger self advice, what would it be? “You need to grow a thicker skin,” she said with the confidence of someone who’s always been comfortable in hers.
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Step One: Don’t Be Weird to the Aliens
If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them? I’ve survived job interviews, blind dates, and one extremely tense potluck, but none of them prepared me for this question. My first attempt sounded like a customs form.
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Torn Between a Safe Career and a Meaningful One
What’s a moment in your life that made you feel truly alive? I had a five-year career plan. It lasted until a stack of brochures showed up.
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Nobody Panic, We’re All Someone Else Now
The genie grants you a wish. What is it? So, one wish. Here it is: once a year, for one week, everyone on Earth swaps bodies with someone whose life looks nothing like theirs.
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Exercise One: Don’t Step in Anything
What are five simple exercises to do at home? Fitness influencers swear you only need a living room and commitment. They never mention the fringe benefits that come with a cat.
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Mom
Which relationship has taught you the most about yourself? She could win an argument with a parking meter. Everyone has that one person who could negotiate a ceasefire and a discount in the same breath.
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What’s the Funny Story from Today?
What are some life hacks that you practice? I’ve known of the benefits of journaling for ages: stress reduction, self-reflection, a healthier gut flora. But I was never able to find a way to make it work… until a few weeks ago.
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The 5-Step, Fail-Proof Method to DIY Your Own Pixie Cut
If you identify as a jack of all trades like me, you already know the real secret to a successful DIY project isn’t skill. It’s delusion sustained over several weeks.
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Everyone Else Is Facing That Way. I Have Thoughts.
What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life? In my fifth decade, I’m finally aware of (and more at ease with) where I can deliver and where I will fall short.
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How to Ruin Your Body With a Paintbrush
We, as a species, currently seem intent on creating an extinction-level event for ourselves. But I want to talk about a much less explored method of self-destruction: art-related injuries.
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