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When long-standing sports traditions lose their meaning

My college roommates and I have been doing a March Madness bracket challenge for fifteen years but this year everyone's picks felt obligatory and no one seemed excited about it. I'm wondering if we're holding onto something that doesn't bring us joy anymore just because it's tradition.

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You're going through the motions of connection without the spirit that originally made it meaningful.

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