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Your Problems Aren't That Big. Your World Is Too Small.
Half of what feels like a crisis isn't a crisis. It's a small world with nowhere else to put its attention.
Aug 7
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Shaunte Young
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Nothing Feels Like Enough Anymore
When ‘more’ becomes the minimum, even a good life can feel like falling behind
Aug 1
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Shaunte Young
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Is This My Type, or Is This My Peace?
We spend years figuring out our type. Almost no one teaches us how to recognize peace.
Jul 24
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Shaunte Young
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The Standard for Staying
Jan 16
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Shaunte Young
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The Quiet Sign You’ve Outgrown Your Current Life
Apr 6, 2025
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Not Everything Needs to Be Healed
Jan 23
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Shaunte Young
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Everyone Thinks I’m Doing Well. I Don’t Correct Them.
Jan 30
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Shaunte Young
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If You Want to Be Interesting, You Have to Do Interesting Shit
May 15
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Shaunte Young
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The Standard: Why Most People Stay Too Long
Jan 9
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Shaunte Young
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The Man Who Wasn't Him
Three days after burying my grandfather, I was back at my desk asking for an early lunch. I haven't stopped thinking about what that says about the way…
Jul 10
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The Problem Wasn't the Weekend
I wasn't shocked by the weight gain. I was shocked that I thought I was maintaining.
Jun 19
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Shaunte Young
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Distance Is Not the Same as Absence
Someone in my family is dying.
Jun 12
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Shaunte Young
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She's Alright
She's alright. That's what my best friend said when a stranger called me beautiful. I've been thinking about it all week.
Jun 5
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Shaunte Young
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I'm Still the Girl Who Won't Get in the Water
I watched eight teenage girls change the second a boy walked in. Then I realized, I've been doing the same thing. Just with better excuses.
May 29
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Shaunte Young
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We Make Good Money. It's Still Not Enough.
We make good money. We still check our accounts before saying yes. The gap between looking wealthy and actually being free is real.
May 22
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Shaunte Young
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If You Want to Be Interesting, You Have to Do Interesting Shit
My mom is on her way to Portugal this week. She's always been like this. Even when I was a kid, she had her own life, her own interests, her own reasons…
May 15
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Shaunte Young
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The Man Who Said It Out Loud
A reflection on compliments, emotional generosity, social withholding, and the quiet difference between people who open a room up and people who close…
May 8
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Shaunte Young
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We Stopped Being Able to Hear Things We Don't Endorse.
We've confused hearing an idea with endorsing it. Here's what that's costing you — and why it makes you easier to influence than you think.
May 1
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Shaunte Young
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