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Dear Sugar Letter #12

Dear Sugar Letter #12

Trust Yourself Wildly

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Portrait of My Quarter-Life Crisis, 1994.

 Dear Sugar,

We’ve all heard of a mid-life crisis, but if there is such a thing as a quarter-life crisis I’m having one. I’ll be 26 in a few months. I feel both young and old. I’m solidly an adult and yet I have so much more growing up to do. Lately, I’ve been asking myself what I’ve done with my life. The honest …

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