October 2010
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Ben Pieratt's Blog: In Praise of Quitting Your Job →
(Alternate title: The New Work Ethic)
I wrote this email to a friend a few weeks ago, and then the topic came up again last night with an old buddy who was frustrated with his work. He seemed to appreciate what I had to say, so I figured it might be worth sharing:
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Thinking about your…
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“I am at the long end of 23, stumbling and stagnant for the first time after ore...”
– From Sarah Darmody’s Ticket to Ride.
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Hyperbole and a Half - This is Why I'll Never be... →
This IS my life.
September 2010
3 posts
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Things I didn't expect to be doing after I got my...
Fixing the photocopier by kicking it.
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Grownups →
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Turns out they were wrong
When I was a little girl everybody - my parents, my teachers, people I met in the street - told me that when I grew up, I could do whatever I liked. They didn’t tell me this because I was special or because I displayed any particular talent. They told me this because it was simply what you told children.
But nobody really thought it through, and now there’s a whole generation and a...
