"But while the urban tribe helps us survive, it does not help us thrive. The urban tribe may bring us soup when we are sick, but it is the people we hardly know - those who never make it into our tribe..."
- Meg Jay
"Traveling in a third-world country is the closest thing there is to being married and raising kids. You have glorious hikes and perfect days on the beach. You go on adventures you would never try, or ..."
"It’s the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically"
"Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better"
"The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use. "—George A. Dorsey, anthropologist"
"What no one tells twentysomethings like Emma is that finally, and suddenly, they can pick their own families - they can create their own families - and these are the families that life will be about. ..."
"I wasn't scared of losing my past. i was scared of losing my future."
"In one way or another, almost every twentysomething client I have wonders, 'Will things work out for me?' The uncertainty behind that question is what makes twentysomething life so difficult, but it i..."
"Shoulds can masquerade as high standards or lofty goals, but they are not the same. Goals direct us from the inside, but shoulds are paralyzing judgments from the outside. Goals feel like authentic dr..."
"As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind."