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How biological clocks create existential pressure

My mom keeps asking when I'm going to have kids and I keep saying soon but I'm 35 and my fertility window is closing and I don't actually know if I want them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're letting other people's timelines dictate your choices about your one finite life.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stoic memento mori — remember you will die?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.