Saturday, October 03
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“ I think at one time I thought of adulthood as a continuum of achievement that could potentially culminate in my becoming one of these people, which is extra bizarre when you consider that I have never shown the slightest interest in or inclination towards law, medicine, banking, or dating anyone with a greater net worth than mine (which is, btw, smaller than yours, assuming you have a job). Would I even want this, now? I don’t know. I don’t think so. For certain there is a species of elation that it’s only possible to feel in those giddy bubbles high above the city, but probably a lot of it has to do with longing and transience. And also I know now that money or status can’t confer immunity from that clammy feeling of impending death, because nothing can. That feeling can be fended off, though, with a battery of intangible possessions that are more precious than designer clothing or beautiful artworks. This is stuff that I think I am just starting to figure out how to possess.
• Emily Gould
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