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How I Quit Chasing the American Dream

May 20, 2013 By D. T. Brown 14 Comments

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D. T. Brown didn’t quit owning things. He quit materialism.

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The Next Life [Book Excerpt: 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared]

February 4, 2013 By Kim Stafford 2 Comments

My brother Bret started the next life at forty, when he departed from this world by suicide.

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The Circle of Life

January 21, 2013 By Jeff Swain 2 Comments

The Beatles, The Bible, and the Sanskrit word for bliss: Jeff Swain explains how by following our bliss, we find our purpose.

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Hair and Identity

August 6, 2012 By Christopher Banks 2 Comments

In his search for an image, Christopher Banks found himself.

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“With an arbitrary age for adulthood and no guidance, people end up ‘lost’ after high school.”

July 28, 2012 By the Editors Leave a Comment

This is a comment by Trevor Sprague on the post “Where’s My Burning Ant-Glove?”

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