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9 Mind-Blowing Epiphanies That Turned My World Upside-Down

Over the years I’ve learned dozens of little tricks and insights for making life more fulfilling. They’ve added up to a significant improvement in the ease and quality of my day-to-day life. But the...

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You Are The Reason Why I Enjoy My Morning Commutes

You wear sneakers. Not weird red ones, but black ones, with grey lining and dark heels, which blend against the black of your neatly pressed pants. You always seem to be immaculate – your shirt crisp,...

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Not Everything Broken Is Useless

I could see my exhales in the air. My roommate and I were told not to walk under the tracks at night. In the few days we have lived here we knew to look for the green spire, follow it home if we were...

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Go Outside And Take That Break You Deserve

Entering and surviving your early 20s can be both the most treasured years in your life, yet the most challenging. You could be cramming away for finals, diving into that textbook and wasting hours...

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What If Today Is Your Day? Guess What, It Is (And Here’s Why)

SurFeRGiRL3 There is no point in expending energy trying to figure out, fix, change, or control someone else or a situation that is beyond repair. Not only does it drain you and leave you frustrated,...

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Observations From Inside An Empty Starbucks

MATSUOKA Kohei It’s the one where I always have to ask The polo-shirted man in his blue, plaid Bermuda shorts “Is anyone sitting here?” And he doesn’t say anything, so why the hell not? I take out my...

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8 Ways Old Souls Date Differently

Clem Onojeghuo 1. Old souls just know if it’s going to work or if it won’t Blame it on instinct. Old souls have a knack for reading people and their energy. They tend to get strong “feelings” about if...

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50 Hilariously Accurate Observations About Modern Life

lookcatalog / Illustration by Daniella Urdinlaiz 1. If women think all men are the same, then why do they worry so much about picking the right one. — Bill Murray (@BiIIMurray) July 26, 2016 2. 70% of...

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Why Are People In The Midwest So Rushed To Get Hitched?

Flickr / Jacob Montrasio I want to preface this by saying there’s nothing wrong with getting married young (although my parents did and ended up divorced), but that’s not my point, and that’s a whole...

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‘13 Reasons Why’ Is So Cliche It’s Giving Me A Headache

Beth Dubber/Netflix I think what 13 Reasons Why fails to depict is that suicide is ugly. It’s not two faced, vengeful or pathetic. It’s such a shame how television embodies role models from people who...

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This Is Why You Should Fall In Love With The Girl Who Overthinks

Unsplash / Matheus Ferrero Fall in love with the girl who overthinks, because she has a huge heart. The last thing she ever wants to do is upset you. That’s why she’ll replay conversations in her head...

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This Is Why People Who Overthink Are The Best People To Fall In Love With

Brooke Cagle We overthink to an enormous extent. We let these thoughts lay heavy on our chests. We twist and turn as night encloses in on us. And all we an do is think. And think some more. Some people...

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In The Name Of The Lorde, I Love ‘Green Light’

Lorde – Green Light 4 out of 5 stars. Lorde is here with a green lit vengeance. The song is kind of a blow off to an ex. The Aussie breakout star is back from her Heroine trip and detoxing in the city...

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This Is The Silent Marriage Killer (And It’s More Deadly Than Sex And Money)

Sweet Ice Cream Phootgraphy I got the answer wrong when the seminar presenter asked what the silent marriage killer was. Would you get it wrong? Just after my wife and I got married, we attended a...

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Help! I’m The Last White Guy On Earth Who Doesn’t Have A Podcast

Alex Blăjan I’m thinking of starting a podcast, for really no other reason than the fact that I’m the Last White Guy On Earth who doesn’t have one. I know. It’s 2017. It’s like, Joe Rogan did not get...

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24 Things Everyone Who Lives, Laughs, And Loves In LA Knows To Be True

Dave Lastovskiy I uprooted my life in Massachusetts nearly 6 months ago to make the move to Los Angeles. For what? For more. To dive into more creatively while also living somewhere unfamiliar,...

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Who Run The World? Millennials.

Stacey Rozells Before I further the stereotype of an already overly stereotyped generation, let me throw this disclaimer out; these are my observations based on my minimal experience as a Millennial...

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To Those Who Believe My Work Is All About Them

Thought Catalog As a writer, I absorb my surroundings. When I look at something, I look deeper and I search for words and meanings and comparisons. I watch. I take notes. Ideas for stories come to me...

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To All The Lost Creatives

Nik MacMillan To whom it may concern, You seek the concrete, yet long for answers to questions asked, not yet asked, and still waiting to be formed. There is comfort in the idea of destiny, the...

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Who Run The World? Millennials.

Stacey Rozells Before I further the stereotype of an already overly stereotyped generation, let me throw this disclaimer out; these are my observations based on my minimal experience as a Millennial...

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