Across the ocean · 1mo · discuss
I see a younger person about to make the same mistake me and several of my friends made. It’s not my place to say anything. From the younger person’s perspective, I get it. They might burn with the fire of the sun to make this decision, to live the future they imagine it will bring. And that intensity feels right, especially coming out of the darkness and stress of being a young person during and since the pandemic. I know I wasn’t receptive to life advice, let alone from people my parents’ age who I knew tangentially at best. I...