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After talking about the blur I started to reflect on how to tackle in parallel some of my short, mid, and long-term goals. Different plates need to be balanced at the same time. Some of these goals are individual but most of them also involve some collective vision. When I am in a safe space, my basic needs are attended to, I'm not worried about fi... See more

The pressure to perform and live up to the expectations of others is not a new social phenomenon — nor a bad one. **^^But the way it manifests at the internet’s global scale increases its intensity tenfold — especially for young people. The goal is no longer to simply live up to the high expectations of your parents and peers — online you could be ... See more

It begins to feel as though you’re failing at life, in some indistinct way, if you’re not treating your time off as an investment in your future. Sometimes this pressure takes the form of the explicit argument that you ought to think of your leisure hours as an opportunity to become a better worker (“Relax! You’ll Be More Productive,” reads the hea... See more