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One of the biggest reasons it gets harder to do new things as you get older is that new things are generally undignified at first (indeed, this is an excellent heuristic for discovering them) and the older you get, the more dignified you're expected to be.

as Sarah K Peck highlights in her piece:

“The nuclear family – the small unit of just a few humans – is not enough. It’s not working for most of us. It’s up to us to reach out, meet as many people as possible, and build our extended families.” Quoting Kurt Vonnegut: “Marriage is collapsing because our families are too small. A man cannot be a whole... See more

Eckhart Tolle, damn https://t.co/GSPIkwOlEz