i think it's brave: to be 13
One of the greatest tragedies of modern technology is entire generations afraid to sit with their own thoughts.
Like many — dare I say, most — people in their early 20s, I find it hard to shake the feeling that my life is a pinball machine of relationships and opportunities that I’m hurtling through headfirst, knocking over bystanders and crashing into obstacles, unable to stop for long enough to figure out what I’m doing wrong. It is tempting, in this world... See more
rayne fisher-quann • No Good Alone
Who could blame young adults for thinking that work is fake and meaningless if we prescribe fake and meaningless work for the first two decades of their existence? By confining meaningful work to an adult-only activity, it is little wonder that adolescence is a period of great depression. It would be surprising if it was not. Even for smart childre... See more
Simon Sarris • The Most Precious Resource is Agency
The normal turbulence and awkwardness of middle school was magnified by perpetual “new-girl-ness