Tag Archives: Thoreau

What kind of life do you want?

If your favorite thing in life is to write stories, can you convince yourself to be an accountant? If nothing gives you more pleasure than studying animals, can you dismiss your passion and become a computer scientist? And even if … Continue reading

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Avoiding lives of ‘quiet desperation’

Maybe it’s the weather.   A day of spring sunshine is followed by miserable cold and rain and although it isn’t snow, it is bone-chilling.   Or maybe it’s the fact that quarterly reports were due this week which is kind of … Continue reading

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