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Why Your Friends Have it All Figured Out (And You Don’t)
Because they’re lying. To you. To their parents. To themselves. I say this for three reasons: Having it “all figured out” is a fallacy, which we’ve discussed in the past. Distrust anyone who tells you...
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Self-Focus as a Selfless Act
We all know the common characterization of Millennials: as self-centered, self-absorbed, narcissistic little twerps who don’t bother to look up from social media long enough to gaze beyond their...
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Can’t We All Be Above Average?
That’s what a student with red-rimmed eyes asked me last week. She stood before me, distressed about her average (perfectly acceptable) grade on a paper assignment, visibly willing her tears away. I...
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The Twentysomething Identity Crisis
Listen up, class: you’re getting rid of your professor for a day. (My god, you could at least wait on the hoots and hollers until I’m out the room.) Today we have our first substitute teacher, Ms....
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Do Childhood Dreams Matter?
If you’re in need of a life lesson, an Adam Sandler movie can provide it. Parenting? Excruciating but rewarding. Growing up? You’re never too old to make progress. True love? Transcends sex, memory and...
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Finding Yourself is The Creative Challenge of Your Twenties
My two-year-old daughter’s need for creativity overrides her basic needs. She’s been known to wake up at one in the morning shouting “I want to do work!” (cute except when you’re the one who has to get...
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Why the Bad Economy May Be Good News for Millennials
You’re screwed. That’s the message millennials keep being sent. Such as in the New York Times’ much-discussed article “Do Millennials Stand a Chance in the Real World?” which predicts that new...
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