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1. varjag+gu1[view] [source] 2023-06-13 08:55:15
>>jger15+(OP)
As someone who is getting older, I have this to say: don't take a life advice from a 20-something, no matter how well meaning they are.
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2. unethi+2x2[view] [source] 2023-06-13 15:16:42
>>varjag+gu1
This is the definition of ad hominem.

I am in my mid-30s and highly resistant to change; the article resonates. I'm not ready to leave my job (I have two more years of RSUs to collect), but I am moving houses within my city solely for the change of scenery and pattern. I expect in the next few years, unless I meet someone life-changing, that I will leave my city or even take a multi-year sabbatical until I feel the urge or need to go back to my profession.

Notable quotes:

>But for the relatively sane, by the time you’re mostly ready to leave a job, or a city, or a relationship, you probably have good reason to.

>At any given time, your motion is being constrained by an agglomeration of previous decisions made by a previous you, decisions that might have little to do with your current wants.

I think these are good points to consider if one is the kind of person who accumulates "stuff" or has existential anxiety.

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3. varjag+Q63[view] [source] 2023-06-13 17:36:18
>>unethi+2x2
This was a categorical statement about 20-somethings and as such isn't ad hominem. I would still say that if their advice was just as eloquently stated opposite.
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