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Stop Comparing and Start Living: A Millennial’s Guide To A Meaningful Life

Stop Comparing and Start Living: A Millennial’s Guide To A Meaningful Life by Rebecca Hulse. Photograph of a man jumping off of a boat by Oliver Sjostrom
Photograph by Oliver Sjostrom

Being a millennial means living with many social, political & environmental challenges, but also opportunities to create a vibrant, meaningful life

We have all read articles of varying points of view about the ‘Millennial Generation’. This is not one of those articles. Instead, this is an invitation to start making the most of the opportunities available to you. 

Every generation has the potential to shape the future, but the millennial generation has been dealt some particularly big challenges: inflation, lower wages, and

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