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"I’m loving it so far. It’s making me think about what freedom is. Are we free when our health insurance depends on our work/spouse? How often do Americans stay in dead end jobs or marriages because it affects their health insurance? And what about needing parents to pay for college? Or adult children taking on a caretaker role to aging parents? How does that role reversal affect relationships? Food for thought" — Jan 19, 2025 09:27AM
"I’m loving it so far. It’s making me think about what freedom is. Are we free when our health insurance depends on our work/spouse? How often do Americans stay in dead end jobs or marriages because it affects their health insurance? And what about needing parents to pay for college? Or adult children taking on a caretaker role to aging parents? How does that role reversal affect relationships? Food for thought" — Jan 19, 2025 09:27AM
painstakingly climbed the “ladder of success” rung by rung—the diploma, the late nights, the promotions—only to discover as we reached the top rung that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall. Absorbed in the ascent, we’ve left a
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“We should also come to accept the reality of changing our minds. Some of the most miserable workers I’ve met are people who stay loyal to a career only because it’s the field they picked when deciding on a college major at age 18. When you accept the End of History Illusion, you realize that the odds of picking a job when you’re not old enough to drink that you will still enjoy when you’re old enough to qualify for Social Security are low.”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
“For many of us, there’s a gap between the compass and the clock— between what’s deeply important to us and the way we spend our time.”
― First Things First
― First Things First
“Sometimes we move toward the bank of rigidity—we feel stuck. Other days we lean toward chaos—life feels unpredictable and out of control. But in general, when we are well and at ease, we move along this winding path of harmony, the integrated flow of a flexible system. We sense the familiar but are not trapped by it. We live at the threshold of the unknown and have the courage to move into new and uncharted waters. This is living a life as it unfolds, moment by moment, in a flowing journey between rigidity and chaos.”
― Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
― Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
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Katie’s 2025 Year in Books
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