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How conventional life choices can feel like abandoning your authentic self

I was always the rebel who pushed boundaries and now that I am a mortgage-holding suburban parent I feel like I have betrayed everything I used to stand for.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The responsibilities that ground you in reality can simultaneously feel like a betrayal of the untamed person you once were.

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