The plan
How do you formally acknowledge your life goals? Do you ever actually articulate them, or write them down? Lifehacker has an interesting piece on why – though dweeby – it is a great idea to write down your five year plan. “By creating a 5-year plan you dramatically increase your chances of success in reaching … Read more
How do you define success?
We came across this opinion piece about the idea of “success” in artistic careers (specifically theater), and thought the question – what is success? - worth considering, especially at this time of year when we’re mapping out our goals for the year ahead. Is success being able to support yourself with your chosen line work? … Read more
The Gif turns 25
Birthday celebrations are in order – the Gif turned 25 this week. Groovy gifs after the jump
Seeing in color
If you read The Giver in grade school, you might remember the OMFG moment when it’s revealed that the characters see the world – literally – in black and white. If you’re like me, this made a big impression. It made me wonder if there’s something we aren’t seeing. Well, it turns out that what … Read more
Something to chew on
Not to get all grim or self-helpy, but thought this article in The Guardian on ‘the top five regrets of the dying’ was interesting. They are, apparently: 1. I wish I’d had the courage … Read more
In praise of birthdays, two in particular
Yesterday was the birthday of two of my favorite people – my kid sister Maggie turned 22, and my Quarterly co-editor Liz is now 28. When I went to find clever e-cards to leave on their respective facebook pages, I was hard pressed to find one that didn’t have a particular theme: See what I … Read more
Kids These Days
Oh, newspapers, why do you always write things about our generation that makes me simultaneously nod in acknowledgement and want to run screaming from the room in disbelief that anyone could be so monumentally stupid? The latest installment in the New York Times’ unofficial but semi-regular series of What’s Up In Twenty-something-ness hit just this … Read more
Beetle Queen
We Editrixes earnestly promised ourselves we would post something weekly, but it wasn’t long before our real lives managed to catch up with us. I’d been wanting to start posting about Quarterlifers doing interesting things. While reading about overachievers who are super successful, running their own NGOs or publishing novels at 24, can just make … Read more
Health Reform is For Young People
How many of your friends don’t have health insurance? With a reported 14.8 million adults between the ages of 19 and 29 currently uninsured, I’m willing to bet you know of at least one person who has lost their health insurance sometime between graduating from high school and hitting the big 3-0. I would have … Read more
