Word: adulthood
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...growing up” has fascinated me. I've prided myself having my own checking account since junior high, flying cross-country on my own, and finding my way in new cities. The more experiences I acquired, I reasoned, the easier it would be to segue into independent adulthood...
...course most Harvard students take toward adulthood is hardly the only or necessarily the best one. Although I appreciate being a Harvard student, barreling down the tracks to some career or another, my trip to Israel crystallized the fact that there are talented people for whom that course is neither the most appealing or most logical option...
...under 24 hours and still do well. I learned that a lot of the education you get at college happens outside the classroom. And I learned how to deal with failure, even if most Harvard students don’t understand the meaning of that word until reaching adulthood...
...chore. It has to be packed, taped, carried downstairs. This morning, I saw a box on my carpet and saw myself as a child and as an adult—and then I saw a much sadder reality: Amid all the stress and responsibility of “adulthood,” my imagination has slipped away. Something about the bumps and bruises we get as we age critically injures that mysterious part of our brain that lets us marvel at the world. To me, having an active imagination means maintaining a certain willingness to suspend disbelief, to act entirely...
...four years of leisure provided us by a college education should be spent fruitfully. We ought not fritter away our late adolescence and early adulthood, when our romantic sensibilities are acutest, in the tedium and drudgery of practical politics—whether manning activist brigades or scribbling position papers. We should be enjoying each other’s company without trying to win votes for a future election. We should be playing sports while we still have the time and energy unavailable in the future. We should be reading, writing, and thinking about the good life?...