Our friend group from graduate school meets annually and this year everyone seemed really preoccupied with whether we've 'lived up to our potential' and it became this weird competitive thing where people were listing their accomplishments and I left feeling like we'd lost something important about why we care about each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
The social pressure to demonstrate measurable achievement can poison spaces of unconditional acceptance, revealing how external definitions of legacy can undermine the relationships that actually sustain us.
“Where Are You with What legacy means — a philosophical survey?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.